Prakaraṇa 2 · Verse 28

तस्माद् एवम् अभ्यासेन निर्मलं स्वरूपम् आप्नुहि

tasmād evam abhyāsena nirmalaṃ svarūpam āpnuhi

Therefore, with this practice, attain your own immaculate form.

Abhyāsa—practice—is not mechanical repetition. It is sādhana, a disciplined means toward an end. Yet the end is not something novel; it is svarūpa, one’s own form. Immaculacy is not acquired; rather, one discovers that it was ever immaculate. The dust of error cloaks the mirror without staining it. Practice is purification, not creation. Nirmala: spotless, devoid of mala, impurity. However, *