Sutra I. 45 suksma-visayatvam ca alinga-paryavasanam
As thought wanderings become more rarified and subtle (suksma), the attachments to objects (visayatvam) subsides and eventually ceases (paryavasanam) in an undifferentiated and attributeless stage -- falling short of (parya-avasanam) any possibility to define, name, or quantify (alinga).
Commentary: The subtle nature behind conditions and situations become revealed as the underlying process of waking up. As the mind ceases to wander on even the subtlest object of thought, nirvicara samapatti is reached where there exist no objects of thought -- a formless (nirguna) and non-dual attributeless (alinga) place is entered upon which is no separate place at all. This is a realization that is won through yogic practice (such as dhyana) which is beyond the present knowledge of science or man's intellect to grasp.
Albeit subtle, the yogi still needs to extend beyond (paryavasanam) even the most subtle condition (nirvicara) to truly reveal the undifferentiated unborn (alinga) intelligence underlying all of existence. This is where a truly open and boundless HeartMind is called for. Vyasa the oldest commentator on the Yoga Sutras says that alinga refers to the most subtle cause of prakrti, thus unmodified prakrti, but others say that it simply relates to the unmanifest param-purusa or isvara.
Interestingly BKS Iyengar translates this sutra as:
"The subtlest level of nature (prakrti) is consciousness. When consciousness dissolves in nature, it loses all marks and becomes pure."
Chip Hartranft, similarly translates this as:
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