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The state of yoga is attained via a balance between assiduousness (abhyasa) and imperturbability (vairagya). ||12||

Verse 12

अभ्यासवैराग्याअभ्यां तन्निरोधः ॥१२॥
abhyāsa-vairāgya-ābhyāṁ tan-nirodhaḥ ॥12॥
abhyāsa = assiduousness; cheerfulness; practice
vairāgya = imperturbability; indifference
ābhyāṁ = both
tan = this
nirodha = tranquility; tranquility of all mutable things, i.e. attaining the state of yoga.
The state of yoga is attained via a balance between assiduousness (abhyasa) and imperturbability
 (vairagya). ||12||
PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS

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