Sanskrit
सत्त्वपुरुषयोरत्यन्तासंकीर्णयोः प्रत्ययाविशेषो भोगः परार्थत्वात्स्वार्थसंयमात्पुरुषज्ञानम्
Transliteration (IAST)
sattva-puruṣayor atyantāsaṃkīrṇayoḥ pratyayāviśeṣo bhogaḥ parārthatvāt svārtha-saṃyamāt puruṣa-jñānam
Word by word
- sattva-puruṣayoḥ
- of intellect (sattva) and Self (puruṣa)
- atyanta-asaṃkīrṇayoḥ
- though absolutely distinct
- pratyaya-aviśeṣaḥ
- non-distinction in cognition
- bhogaḥ
- (ordinary) experience
- parārthatvāt
- because (the intellect) acts for another
- svārtha-saṃyamāt
- from saṃyama on what exists for the Self
- puruṣa-jñānam
- knowledge of the Self
Translation
Experience arises from not distinguishing the intellect and the Self, though they are utterly distinct; since the intellect exists for another, saṃyama on what exists for the Self yields knowledge of the Self.
Source: Surenyogalaya Open Translation (English) · License: CC0-1.0