Prakaraṇa 6 · Verse 38

विश्वम् आत्मनि संपश्यन् आत्मना च विशेषतः । संमुक्तो नाम योगश् चित्रं चित्रम् अहो न तत् ॥

viśvam ātmani saṃpaśyan ātmanā ca viśeṣataḥ | saṃmukto nāma yogaś citraṃ citram aho na tat ||

Seeing the universe in the Self and the Self in the universe especially, that yoga called ‘completely liberated’ is wonderful, wonderful —it is not otherwise.

The yoga termed saṃmukto—completely liberated—is not a practice but a natural state. The reciprocal ‘seeing’ (saṃpaśyan) is not the act of a subject, but the very structure of reality. The term citra—wondrous—is not an adjective but a proper noun: this yoga is