Patanjali Yoga Sutra 3.51

Sanskrit Sutra

तद्वैराग्यादपि दोषबीजक्षये कैवल्यम्॥५१॥

Swami Vivekananda's translation

By giving up even these powers comes the destruction of the very seed of evil, which leads to Kaivalya.

Vyasa Bhashya (Sanskrit)

यदाऽस्यैवं भवा क्लेशकर्मक्षये सत्त्वस्यायं विवेकप्रत्ययो धर्मः सत्त्वं च हेयपक्षे न्यस्तं पुरुषश्चापरिणामी शुद्धोऽन्यः सत्त्वादिति। एवमस्य ततो विरज्यमानस्य यानि क्लेशबीजानि दग्धशालिबीजकल्पान्यप्रसवसमर्थानि तानि सह मनसा प्रत्यस्तं गच्छन्ति। तेषु प्रलीनेषु पुरुषः पुनरिदं तापत्रयं न भुङ्क्ते। तदेतेषां गुणानां मनसि कर्मक्लेशविपाकस्वरूपेणाभिव्यक्तानां चरितार्थानां प्रतिप्रसवे पुरुषस्याऽऽत्यन्तिको गुणवियोगः कैवल्यं, तदा स्वरूपप्रतिष्ठा चितिशक्तिरेव पुरुष इति ॥ ५० ॥

Vyasa Bhashya (English Translation)

When, upon the destruction of afflictions and actions, there arises this awareness: ‘This discriminative knowledge is an attribute of sattva, and sattva itself is to be rejected as part of the forsaken; whereas Purusha is immutable, pure, and entirely different from sattva’—then for the yogi who becomes detached even from this [omniscience/omnipotence], the seeds of the afflictions become like roasted paddy seeds, incapable of germinating, and merge back along with the mind. When they are dissolved, the Purusha no longer experiences the threefold suffering. Therefore, Kaivalya (Liberation) is the absolute separation of the Purusha from the gunas, when the gunas, having fulfilled their purpose by manifesting in the mind as actions, afflictions, and their fruitions, resolve back into their causal state (pratiprasava). At that time, the Purusha is established in its own true nature as pure Consciousness alone. || 50 ||

Chapter link: Yoga Sutra Chapter 3