Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 4

अविद्या क्षेत्रमुत्तरेषाम् प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम् ॥४॥

avidyā kśetram-uttareṣāṃ prasupta-tanu-vicchinna-udārāṇām ||4||

Illusion is the field for the others whether they
are latent, attenuated, interrupted or aroused.

avidyā - illusion; spiritual ignorance; connate misidentificationkśetra - the fielduttara - other; later, following, subsequent, latter, concluding, followed by; posteriorprasupta - latent, quiet, inactive; fallen into sleep, fast asleep, sleeping, slumberingtanū - attenuating, thinning, weakeningvicchinna - inconsistent, interrupted, disconnected, incoherent; cut or torn or split or cleft or broken asunderudāra - aroused; exciting, effecting; active, energetic; rising fog or vapour
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Commentaries and Reflections

Commentary by T Krishnamacharya:

“All these Kleśa are variable in their potency.
They can be so weak, that they hardly matter.
Sometimes they take a feeble form,
when they can be easily contained.
If not they rise to dominance.
When in domination, only one takes over.
For example in the most evolved stage
when Rāga is dominant, other Kleśa
such as Dveṣa are not apparent.”

Commentary by TKV Desikachar:

Commentary by Paul Harvey:

“Illusion is the field out
of which the others grow,
though they may appear
as if asleep, or arise weakly,
be inconsistent or dominant.”