(13) Base of the throat. │ „ │Subdual of hunger and │ │ thirst. (14) Tortoise tube. │Saṃyama.│Steadiness. (15) Coronal light. │ „ │Vision of the perfected │ │ ones—the knowledge of the │ │ seer, or all knowledge by │ │ prescience. (16) Heat. │ „ │Knowledge of the mind. (17) Purusha. │ „ │Knowledge of purusha. (18) Gross nature subtle │ „ │Control over the element pervasiveness and │ │ from which follows purposefulness. │ │ attenuation, perfection of │ │ the body and │ │ non-resistance by their │ │ characteristics. (19) Act, substantive appearance,│ „ │Mastery over the senses; egoism, pervasiveness and │ │ thence quickness of mind, purposefulness of │ │ unaided mental perception sensation. │ │ and mastery over the │ │ pradhāna. ─────────────────────────────────┴────────┴──────────────────────────── These vibhūtis, as they rise with the performance of the processes of Yoga, gradually deepen the faith _śraddha_ of the Yogin in the performance of his deeds and thus help towards his main goal or ideal by always pushing or drawing him forward towards it by the greater and greater strengthening of his faith. Divested from the ideal, they have no value. CHAPTER XIV GOD IN YOGA After describing the nature of karmayoga, and the way in which it leads to jñānayoga, we must now describe the third and easiest means of attaining salvation, the bhaktiyoga and the position of Īśvara in the Yoga system, with reference to a person who seeks deliverance from the bonds and shackles of avidyā. Īśvara in the Yoga system is that purusha who is distinguished from all others by the fact of his being untouched by the afflictions or the fruits of karma. Other purushas are also in reality untouched by the afflictions, but they, seemingly at least, have to undergo the afflictions and consequently birth and rebirth, etc., until they are again finally released; but Īśvara, though he is a purusha, yet does not suffer in any way any sort of bondage. He is always free and ever the Lord. He never had nor will have any relation to these bonds. He is also the teacher of the ancient teachers beyond the range of conditioning time.