Then one is no longer troubled by the pairs of opposites.

Written and reviewed by The Kriya Yogi · Updated 21 September 2026

Sanskrit, in transliteration

tato dvandva-anabhighātaḥ

Our own plain rendering, checked against the standard published translations.

What the verse says

The result of a steady seat: hot and cold, comfort and discomfort, praise and blame stop yanking the attention around. It is a claim about equanimity, not about immunity.

In practice

Long sitting is how most people meet this verse — the moment when an itch or a draught stops being an emergency.

How it gets misquoted

Occasionally cited as evidence that posture practice makes the body impervious to illness or temperature. The text is describing a mind that is not thrown, and we should not claim more.

This verse sits in Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, chapter 2 — read our commentary on the whole chapter.