Canonical Ref: YS 1.19
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
भवप्रत्ययो विदेहप्रकृतिलयानाम्
English Scholarly Translation
Meditation with an object is for those who are attached to bodily existence or those who are absorbed in the primal cause of nature
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
The existence (bhava) of those who are disembodied (videha) or merged into primal nature (prakṛtilaya) is supported by subtle mental causes (pratyaya)
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Pātañjala Yoga Sūtras, YS 1.19. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.