ध्यानहेयास्तद्वृत्तयः॥२.११॥
पदविभाग: ध्यान-हेयाः, तद्-वृत्तयः।
अन्वय: तद्वृत्तयः ध्यानहेयाः (भवन्ति)।
प्रतिपदार्थ: ध्यान = (through) meditation, हेयाः = are to be destroyed / eliminated / overcome, तद् = their (referring to the five afflictions or Kleshas discussed previously), वृत्तयः = active states / cognitive fluctuations / gross manifestations.
तात्पर्यम्: The active fluctuations of those (afflictions) are to be eliminated by meditation.
Further context on the 62nd Sutra from Patanjali’s Yogasutras
We are slowly introduced to the practice of Dhayan. Here, it is said that the mental modifications caused by these five types of Kleshas / afflictions can be pacified by the practice of Dhyana.
The word Dhyana itself is interesting because it’s derived from the Sanskrit root dhyai (ध्यै), meaning “to contemplate,” “to meditate,” or “to think of.” When Buddhism traveled from India to China, the Sanskrit Dhyana (pronounced in Pali as Jhāna) was transliterated into Chinese as Chán. When Chan Buddhism later migrated to Japan, the word was pronounced as Zen and subsequently the evolution of Zen Buddhism.
From what I understand, Dhyana is a sort of metacognition and also intense concentration of the mind so that the spiritual insight of the object it meditates on is uncovered. In the case of yoga, Vrittis will constantly rise and fall. Only the one’s who are not swept by it; meaning confuse their identity to be it, and through practice of Dharana develop a sense of disengagement can eventually control the mind and be the master of it.
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