An Alternative Interpretation of Patanjali's Three Sūtras on Īs'vara

We would like to present before the scholars of Indian Philosophy our explanation of Patanjali's three sutras on Iśvara. While explaining these sūtras we shall use only those concepts that are found in the Yogsūtra. By doing so we intend to keep our explanation as free as possible from the later concepts. Let us take

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नगीन जी. शाह योगसूत्र १.२४-२६ की व्याख्या केवल सूत्रों में मिलनेवाली संकल्पनाओं से करते हैं। उनके मत में ईश्वर कोई सृष्टिकर्ता नहीं, वरन् धर्ममेघ समाधि को प्राप्त वह विवेकी है जो क्लेश, कर्म, विपाक और आशय से अस्पृष्ट तथा अनन्तज्ञानसम्पन्न है। Shah re-reads Yogasutra I.24-26 using only concepts found within the sutras themselves. Isvara, he argues, is not God but the vivekin who has reached dharmamegha samadhi: untouched by klesa, karma, vipaka and asaya, possessed of infinite knowledge, teacher of the ancients because unconditioned by time.

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