Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.16

Sanskrit Sutra

तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेर्गुणवैतृष्ण्यम्॥१६॥

Swami Vivekananda's translation

That is extreme non-attachment which gives up even the qualities, and comes from the knowledge of (the real nature of) the Purusha.

Vyasa Bhashya (Sanskrit)

तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेर्गुणवेतृष्ण्यम् ॥ १६ ॥

दृष्टानुश्रविकविषयदोषदर्शी विरक्तः पुरुषदर्शनाभ्यासात्तच्छुद्धिप्रविवेकाप्यायितबुद्धिर्गुणेभ्यो व्यक्ताव्यक्तधर्मकेभ्यो विरक्त इति। तद्वयं वैराग्यम्। तत्र यदुत्तरं तज्ज्ञानप्रसादमात्रम्। यस्योदये सति योगी प्रत्युदितख्यातिरेवं मन्यते – प्राप्तं प्रापणीयं, क्षीणाः क्षेतव्याः क्लेशाः, छिन्नः श्लिष्टपर्वा भवसंक्रमः, यस्याविच्छेदाज्जनित्वा म्रियते मृत्वा च जायत इति। ज्ञानस्यैव परा काष्ठा वैराग्यम्। एतस्यैव हि नान्तरीयकं कैवल्यमिति ॥ १६ ॥

Vyasa Bhashya (English Translation)

That is the supreme (detachment), when there is non-thirst for the gunas (constituents of nature) due to the realization of the Purusha (True Self). || 16 || Seeing the defects in seen and heard objects, one becomes detached. Through the practice of the vision of Purusha, his intellect is nourished by the purity and discrimination of that (Purusha), and he becomes detached from the gunas, whether they have manifest or unmanifest characteristics. Thus, there are two kinds of detachment. Of these, the latter is nothing but the clear light of knowledge. Upon its rise, the yogi, with discriminative knowledge dawned, thinks thus: “What was to be attained has been attained; the afflictions to be destroyed are destroyed; the closely jointed cycle of worldly existence—due to the unbroken continuity of which one is born to die and dies to be born—is cut.” Detachment is the ultimate limit of knowledge itself. Liberation (kaivalya) is inseparable from it.

Chapter link: Yoga Sutra Chapter 1