Vigyan YogaVigyan Yoga

Karika 33: Inner and outer means; present and all time

The words

Translation

The internal means of knowledge (antaḥkaraṇa) are of three types. The external means [of knowledge], which present the objects to be known to the three [internal means], are of ten types. The external means [of knowledge] function in the present, whereas the internal means of knowledge function in all three times (the past, present and future).

The thirteen means

They engage, sustain and illuminate their objects (karika 32); the external bring the objects to the internal (karika 33).