Translation in progress. Both English versions are original Fire Yoga editorial drafts. “Readable” may add interpretive wording; neither has completed specialist review.
Original · Sanskrit
तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम् ॥
tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe ’vasthānam
Readable translation
Then the seer rests in its own nature.
Translation: Fire Yoga editorial · Draft
Reading notes & interpretation
The word “then” connects this statement with the preceding sūtra. It should not be read as an assertion that every school describes the self in the same way.
Source & attribution
Reading source: Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali ↗
Original Sanskrit; see 1.1–1.3, 2.29 and 4.34. Our English renderings are provisional editorial translations.
Original-language excerpt from a traditional work. English translations are newly drafted for this educational site. This page does not reproduce a full modern edition.