Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 15
दृष्टानुश्रविकविषयवितृष्णस्य वशीकारसंज्णावैराग्यम् ॥१५॥
dṛṣṭa-anu-śravika-viṣaya-vitṛṣṇasya vaśīkāra-saṃjñā-vairãgyam ||15||
Absence of thirst towards objects,
either as seen or following heard spiritual teachings,
is the acknowledgement of the mastery of dispassion.
Commentaries and Reflections
Commentary by T Krishnamacharya:
“Detachment can imply an attachment elsewhere.”
Commentary by TKV Desikachar:
Commentary by Paul Harvey:
“We never ‘give up…’,
we can only ‘stop…’,
because something
else pulls us more.”
“In Sūtra 1.15 Patañjali introduces Vairāgya
as dispassion arising from an absence of thirst.
Towards what and how would you interpret its
relevance towards your outer and inner life?”