Yoga Sudhākara II - 03 by Śrī Sādaśiva Brahmendra Sarasvati

Yoga Sūtra-s of Patanjali

Interpretation by Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra Saraswati

Yoga Sudhākara

Pada II: Sādhana Pāda

Sūtra 3

What are these various kinds of Kleśa [causes of unhappiness] which practically disturb the individual is the question raised here; the answer to this question is given:

Sūtra 3:

Avidya, Asmita, Rāga, Dveṣa, Abhinivesa are the five Kleśa-s.

Kleśa-s make the individual deeply in unhappiness. Such specific reasons for unhappiness are only five kinds.

[Kleśa-s are the specific causes for unhappiness. When you know the cause of unhappiness, you will be able to eradicate it. This is why the cause of unhappiness is explained here.]

[We must remember that the purpose of Yoga is to wash away the unhappiness permanently forever. To know the causes of it is the initial step towards that end. Kriyāyoga helps to reduce the power of Kleśa in an individual. Further Yogic practices and transformations (pariṇāma-s) are necessary for complete eradication of unhappiness.]

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