Canonical Ref: YS 1.9
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
शब्दज्ञानानुपाती वस्तुशून्यो विकल्पः
English Scholarly Translation
An image conjured up by words without any substance behind it is fancy
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Musing (vikalpaḥ) arises (anupātī) from cognition (jñāna) unanchored (śūnya) to any object (vastu)
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Pātañjala Yoga Sūtras, YS 1.9. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.