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116 RAJA YOGA3. Mind ls Coloured by Obiects@qq{66rnqlIV-17ir( th e re by, StRIrT co I o u ri n g, sttffgfq s i n ce req u i red, frf,Hby the mind, tKI objects, {kT known, 3l{Ifl[unknown.Since the mind is required to be coloured thereby (by objects),the objects are known or unknown.NOTESObjects are like magnet. They attract the mind and producelust, anger, etc., in the mind. The mind by itself is free fromlust, anger, etc. The mind is Iike iron. The objects colour themind and induce Mkara and change. Colouring of the mind isfurther explained in the theory of perception in Sutra lV-16.4. Purusha Knows All Modificationsu{t@;@1ry-18gEt always, fliff: known, frtr{trq, modifications of mind,irarfr to its Lord, Strg Purusha, 3rqnsnfrdr( due to the unchangingnature.The modilications of mind are always known to its Lord@urusha), due to His unchanging nature.NOTESMind is an instrument for the sensations of pleasure andpain. lts chief function is to grasp the Mshayas. Grasping ofthings means, mind becomes modified by assuming the formsof the objects. lt attains Parinama. Purusha has no Parinama orchange. Purusha is superior to mind. He is separate from mind.Hence He is called 'the Lord'. Purusha is the ever-present witnessof the mind. lf the Purusha also is of changing nature likemind, He will also share the same fate as that of objects.Purusha is not an object of Vishaya by the mind. The consciousnessis never suspended nor modified even for a second.Therefore, the unchanging Purusha exists. Themodifications of.the mind are, therefore, always known to the