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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 3.49

सत्त्वपुरुषान्यताख्यातिमात्रस्य सर्वभावाधिष्ठातृत्वं सर्वज्ञातृत्वं च॥४९॥

sattva-puruṣa-anyatā-khyātimātrasya sarva-bhāva-adhiṣṭhātṛtvaṁ sarvajñātṛtvaṁ ca

For the one whose discernment is only the distinction between sattva and Purusha, omniscience and lordship over all states arise.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 3.49

Source: Sanskrit attributed to Patanjali (c. 2nd century BCE – 4th century CE). Public-domain English readings drawn from Swami Vivekananda's 'Raja Yoga' (1896) and Charles Johnston's 'The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali' (1912).

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