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Yoga Sutra 1.9

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शब्दज्ञानानुपाती वस्तुशून्यो विकल्पः ॥९॥

Śabdajñānānupātī vastuśūnyo vikalpaḥ ॥9॥

  1. Śabda: word, sound
  2. jñāna: cognition
  3. anupāti: following upon
  4. vastu: object
  5. śūnyaḥ: empty
  6. vikalpaḥ: fancy, imagination


Following upon knowledge through words but empty of an object is fancy.
OR
Verbal delusion arises when words do not correspond to reality.


Vikalpa - unfounded belief is imagination without the basis of an object. It is a creation of our mind. Unlike right and false knowledge, there is no real object in vikalpa.


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