Patanjali Yoga Sutra 3.50

Sanskrit Sutra

सत्त्वपुरुषान्यताख्यातिमात्रस्य सर्वभावाधिष्ठातृत्वं सर्वज्ञातृत्वञ्च॥५०॥

Swami Vivekananda's translation

By making Samyama on the discrimination between the Sattva and the Purusha come omnipotence and omniscience.

Vyasa Bhashya (Sanskrit)

निर्धूतरजस्तमोमलस्य बुद्धिसत्त्वस्य परे वैशारद्ये परस्यां वशीकारसंज्ञायां वर्तमानस्य सत्त्वपुरुषान्यताख्यातिमात्ररूपप्रतिष्ठस्य सर्वभावाधिष्ठातृत्वम्। सर्वात्मानो गुणा व्यवसायव्यवसेयात्मकाः स्वामिनं क्षेत्रज्ञं प्रत्यशेषदृश्यात्मत्वेनोपस्थिता इत्यर्थः। सर्वज्ञातृत्वं सर्वात्मनां गुणानां शान्तोदिताव्यपदेश्यधर्मत्वेन व्यवस्थितानामक्रमोपारूढं विवेकजं ज्ञानमित्यर्थः। इत्येषा विशोका नाम सिद्धिर्यां प्राप्य योगी सर्वज्ञः क्षीणक्लेशबन्धनो वशी विहरति ॥ ४९ ॥

Vyasa Bhashya (English Translation)

For one established solely in the awareness of the distinction between the buddhi-sattva and Purusha—when the sattva is cleansed of the impurities of rajas and tamas, resting in supreme purity and the highest stage of mastery (vashikara)—there arises ‘omnipotence’ (supremacy over all states of being). This means the gunas in all their forms, whether as instruments of cognition or objects of cognition, present themselves in their entirety as objects of perception to their master, the Knower of the Field (Purusha). ‘Omniscience’ means the simultaneous, discriminative knowledge of the gunas in all their forms as they exist in their past (shanta), present (udita), and unmanifest/future (avyapadeshya) states. This is the siddhi named ‘Vishoka’ (sorrowless), attaining which the yogi, becoming omniscient and freed from the bonds of afflictions, moves about as a master. || 49 ||

Chapter link: Yoga Sutra Chapter 3

Related Gunas: Sattva