Yoga Sūtra Chapter Three verse 17
शब्दार्थप्रत्ययामामितरेतराध्यासात्संकरः तत्प्रविभागसंयमात् सर्वभूतरुतज्ञानम् ॥१७॥
śabda-artha-pratyayānām-itaretara-adhyāsāt-saṃkaraḥ tat-pravibhāga-saṃyamāt-sarva-bhūta-rūta-jñānam ||17||
Overlapping, one with the other,
words, purpose, psychic activity, completely mixed;
complete restraint on separation of that,
knowledge of the cry of all beings.
śabda - words, sound, languageartha - purpose, aim; sense, meaning, notion; thing, objectpratyaya - psychic activity; cause; conception, assumption, notion, idea; ground, basis, motive or cause of anythingitaretara - one with the otheradhyāsā - overlappingsaṃkara - completely mixed, mixing together, commingling, intermixturetat - that, thispravibhāga - separationsaṃyama - complete restraintsarva - whole, entire, all, every one; altogether, wholly, completely, in all parts, everywherebhūta - material element, one of the 5 elements; that which is or exists, any living being; being or being like anything, consisting of, mixed or joined withrūta - cry ofjñāna - knowing; knowledge; higher knowledge
