तीव्रसंवेगानामासन्नः ॥२१॥
पदविभाग: (separating individual words): तीव्र-संवेगानाम्, आसन्नः।
अन्वय: (Rearranging in logical prose sequence): तीव्रसंवेगानाम् आसन्नः ।
प्रतिपदार्थ: (word-by-word meaning): intense / extremely fast / sharp, संवेगानाम् = of those who have spiritual momentum / burning zeal / deep urge, आसन्नः = (is) very near / imminent / close at hand
तात्पर्यम्: (final translation): The goal is very near for those who practice Yogah with a lot of energy and enthusiasm
Further context on the 21st Sutra from Patanjali’s Yogasutras
My assertion is that, in IKS, good health is defined by the enthusiasm we bring to each day. The logic being, enthusiasm is a holistic function of how much energy output nature is demanding from us. If it’s a natural state of ours to be energetic, it’s implied that not one but many factors of life have been right for us to arrive at it and must continue to do so.
So for those practitioners, who have तीव्र संवेगानाम् meaning immense momentum and intensity in their practice, the ultimate goal of Yoga is very near.
Linguistic breakdown for fun
The word saṃvegānām is built from the prefix sam (सम्), meaning “fully” or “intensely,” and the root noun vega (वेग), meaning “velocity,” “momentum,” or “surge.” The root vega comes from the ancient Proto-Indo-European root weg-*, which meant “to be lively” or “to move.” This root carries the exact same sense of vitality into Western languages today. It evolved into the Latin vigor and the Old English wacan, which gives us the modern words “wake” and “awake.”
आसन्नः (āsannaḥ) means “very near.” It is a combination of the prefix ā (आ), meaning “towards,” and the root verb sad (सद्), meaning “to sit” or “approach.” Literally, it translates to “seated near.” It has the exact same root as in the word Upanishad, which refers to the act of sitting down near your Guru.
The root sad (सद्) has traveled the globe. Tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root sed-*, it became the foundation for words related to sitting across many language families. We see it in the English words sit, seat, and settle. It appears in the Russian sidet’ and the Latin sedere, which gives us English terms like session and even president, meaning one who sits before others.
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