The state of yoga is attained via a balance between assiduousness (abhyasa) and imperturbability (vairagya). ||12||

Verse 12

अभ्यासवैराग्याअभ्यां तन्निरोधः ॥१२॥

abhyāsa-vairāgya-ābhyāṁ tan-nirodhaḥ ॥12॥

abhyāsa = assiduousness; cheerfulness; practice

vairāgya = imperturbability; indifference

ābhyāṁ = both

tan = this

nirodha = tranquility; tranquility of all mutable things, i.e. attaining the state of yoga.

The state of yoga is attained via a balance between assiduousness (abhyasa) and imperturbability

 (vairagya). ||12||

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