Yoga Sūtra Chapter Four verse 19
न तत्स्वाभासं दृश्यत्वात् ॥१९॥
na tat-svā-bhāsaṃ dṛśyatvāt ||19||
That, not own luminosity,
due to the quality of the seen.
Commentaries and Reflections
Commentary by T Krishnamacharya:
Commentary by TKV Desikachar:
Commentary by S Ramaswami:
“Puruṣa is said to be self-illuminating.
Citta is not self-illuminating as it is an object or part of the seen.
It does not have the capacity to be self-illuminating.
It is that which appears to have consciousness.
Thus, it is like the sense organs.
The question might be asked as to why the mind should not be regarded as self-luminous since it knows the feelings arising in it.
If you say that feelings are known…”