अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां तन्निरोधः ॥१२॥ abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyāṃ tat-nirodhaḥ ||12||

“They are restrained by practice and desirelessness.”

The purpose of this sutra is the beginning of the explanation of many paths by which the single goal may be attained - the ceasing of the five-fold vrittis. The first four of the ashtanga are practice, and the next four, are detachment.

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