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Wikipedia June 1, 2026 at 07:37 PM

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According to the Yoga Sutras, there are four stages for overcoming the effects of the kleshas: the active stage (udaram), the detached stage (vicchinna), the decaying stage (tanu) and the dormant stage (parsupta).
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Yoga Sutra 2.4 describes four conditions in which the kleshas exist—dormant, attenuated, interrupted, and active—not four stages for overcoming them. The article also uses inaccurate glosses and misspells *prasupta* as “parsupta.”

Full reasoning

This sentence misstates Yoga Sutra 2.4.

Primary and commentary-based translations of Yoga Sutra 2.4 describe four states of the kleshas themselves, not a four-step program for overcoming their effects. The Sanskrit given in the tradition is prasupta, tanu, vicchinna, udara/udārāṇām, which are commonly rendered as dormant, attenuated, interrupted, and active.

Two problems follow:

  1. Wrong category: the sutra is about the modes in which kleshas are present, not “four stages for overcoming the effects of the kleshas.”
  2. Wrong labels/spelling: the article’s glosses “detached” and “decaying” do not match standard renderings like interrupted/intercepted and attenuated; and “parsupta” is a misspelling of prasupta.

For example, Patanjali: The Yoga Sutras at Himalayan Academy translates Sutra 2.4 as: “Ignorance is the field of the other kleshas, whether dormant, attenuated, intercepted, or activated.” Wisdomlib likewise gives: “Avidyā is the breeding ground for the others ... whether they may be dormant, attenuated, interrupted or active,” and explains that the other kleshas “have four states viz. dormant, attenuated, interrupted and active.”

So the article’s sentence is not just a stylistic paraphrase; it changes the meaning of the sutra from states of affliction to stages of overcoming affliction.

2 sources
  • Patanjali: The Yoga Sutras - Saivite Scriptures

    Sutra 2.4 ... 'Ignorance is the field of the other kleshas, whether dormant, attenuated, intercepted, or activated.' Commentary: 'the kleshas are dormant ... attenuated ... intercepted ... or fully activated'

  • Sūtra 2.4 [Avidyā-ignorance] [Patañjali Yoga-sūtras]

    'Avidyā is the breeding ground for the others following it whether they may be dormant, attenuated, interrupted or active.' ... 'The other four forms of kleśa ... have four states viz. dormant, attenuated, interrupted and active.'

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