Canonical Ref: YS 2.5
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अनित्याशुचिदुःखानात्मसु नित्यशुचिसुखात्मख्यातिरविद्या
English Scholarly Translation
Mistaking the non-eternal, impure, painful, and non-self for the eternal, pure, joyful, and self is my ignorance.
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Ignorance [avidyā] is the misperception [khyātiḥ] of the impermanent [anitya] as permanent [nitya], the impure [aśuci] as pure [śuci], the painful [duḥkha] as pleasurable [sukha], and the non-self [anātmasu] as the self [ātma]
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Pātañjala Yoga Sūtras, YS 2.5. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.