Of these, the mind born of meditation is free from latent impressions.

Returning to the sources of siddhis mentioned in the first sutra, Patañjali qualitatively distinguishes between them. Only the mind transformed by dhyāna (deep meditation) remains free of āśaya, the repository of karmic impressions.

Minds or powers obtained through birth, substances, or even mantras may carry karmic residues. But what is born of meditation is pure, without seeds that generate new cycles of cause and effect.

Anāśayam means “without receptacle,” without a storehouse of saṃskāras. It is a mind that acts without creating new karma, without leaving traces that perpetuate the cycle of transmigration.

This is the crucial difference: other methods may produce extraordinary experiences, but only meditation leads to permanent liberation.

The wise yogī is not dazzled by siddhis; they seek the purity that only dhyāna provides.