YS III 51: tad-vairaagyaad api doSa-biija-kSaye[1] kaivalyam. Taimni's translation:
By non-attachment even to that, on the very seed of bondage being destroyed, follows /kaivalya/. Alistair Shearer: And when he is unattached even to this state, the very seeds of bondage are destroyed, and Enlightenment follows. (Taimni's translation is obviously more word-for-word...) But WTF is the 'that' or 'this state'? It seems to be what one might well call the ultimate siddhi, III 49: He who has realized the distinction between the subtlest level of his mind, which is translucent intellect, and the Self, enjoys supremacy over all creation. Nothing remains unknown to him. (Shearer) Only from the avareness of the distinction between sattva and puruSa arise supremacy over all states and forms of existence (omnipotence) and knowledge of everything (omniscience). (Taimni) At least one of the siddhi-suutras to develop that distincition seems to be III 36 (numba 12?): sattva-puruSayor atyantaasaMkiirNayoH pratayaaviseSo bhogaH paraarthaat svaartha-saMyamaat puruSa-jñaanam. Experience is the result of inability to distinguish between the puruSa and the sattva though they are absolutely distinct. Knowledge of the puruSa results from saMyama on the self-interest (of the puruSa) apart from another's interest (of prakRti). (Taimni) 1. ~ dawsha-beeja-kshu_yeah, heh...
