Canonical Ref: YS 2.17
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
द्रष्टृदृश्ययोः संयोगो हेयहेतुः
English Scholarly Translation
The seen is composed of light, activity, and inertia, the elements and senses, and exists for my experience and liberation.
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
The conjunction [saṁyogaḥ] between the seer [draṣṭṛ] and the seen [dṛśyayoḥ] is the cause [hetuḥ] that must be relinquished [heya]
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Pātañjala Yoga Sūtras, YS 2.17. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.