सुखानुशयी रागः ॥२.७॥
पदविभाग: सुख-अनुशयी, रागः।
अन्वय: सुखानुशयी रागः (भवति)।
प्रतिपदार्थ: सुख (sukha) = pleasure / happiness / joy / agreeable feeling, अनुशयी (anuśayī) = resting upon / following closely / dwelling upon / resulting from (from anu – after/along, and śī – to rest or lie), रागः (rāgaḥ) = attachment / attraction / craving.
तात्पर्यम्: Attachment (Rāga) is the craving that follows and rests upon the experience of pleasure.
Further context on the 58th Sutra from Patanjali’s Yogasutras
In yogic psychology, Rāga is not just enjoying a pleasant moment. Enjoying a sunset or a good meal is not inherently an affliction. The affliction (Klesha) is the psychological hook that gets buried in the mind after the experience.
Rāga manifests as:
- Craving what is currently pleasant: The denial that pleasant moments end.
- Craving the past: Obsessively reminiscing about a past pleasure and feeling empty because it is gone.
- Craving the future: Projecting past pleasure onto future desires, constantly feeling lack until that projected desire is met.
If there were no Avidya (ignorance), we would see that the pleasure is temporary and cannot provide lasting fulfillment. If there were no Asmita (ego), there would be no “I” to claim the pleasure and say, “I want more of this for me.” Wherever there is pleasure, we must know that we are by default attached or dwell in Raga.
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