| 1 | duḥkha | suffering | verse 1 | |
| 2 | jijñāsā | desire to know | verse 1 | jña, vijñāna |
| 3 | vyakta | manifest | verse 2 | |
| 4 | avyakta | unmanifest | verse 2 | |
| 5 | jña | knower | verse 2 | puruṣa, jijñāsā, vijñāna, pumān |
| 6 | vijñāna | special knowing | verse 2 | jña, jijñāsā |
| 7 | prakṛti | primordial nature | verse 3 | pradhāna, acetana |
| 8 | avikṛti | uncaused | verse 3 | vikṛti, vikāra |
| 9 | vikṛti | caused | verse 3 | avikṛti, vikāra, hetumat |
| 10 | vikāra | evolute (that which has been caused but doesn’t cause) | verse 3 | vikṛti |
| 11 | puruṣa | spirit (the dweller in the city) | verse 3 | jña, pumān, sākṣitva, draṣṭṛ, cetanā |
| 12 | pramāṇa | right cognition | verse 4 | |
| 13 | dṛṣṭa | seen (direct perception by the senses) | verse 4 | |
| 14 | anumāna | inference | verse 4 | |
| 15 | āpta | credible source | verse 4 | |
| 16 | vacana | speech (testimony) | verse 4 | āgamā |
| 17 | siddhi | accomplishment | verse 4 | siddha |
| 18 | viṣaya | object of attention | verse 5 | |
| 19 | adhyavasāya | apprehension / mental effort | verse 5 | |
| 20 | liṅga | sign, indicator, manifest, effect | verse 5 | anumāna, liṅgi, kārya |
| 21 | liṅgi | indicated, unmanifest, cause | verse 5 | anumāna, liṅga, kāraṇa |
| 22 | śruti | hearing | verse 5 | |
| 23 | atīndriyāṇāṃ | beyond the senses | verse 6 | |
| 24 | āgamā | testimony | verse 6 | vacana |
| 25 | siddha | accomplished one | verse 6 | siddhi |
| 26 | indriya | organ of sense | verse 7 | |
| 27 | ghāta | injury | verse 7 | |
| 28 | manas | mind | verse 7 | |
| 29 | anavasthita | unsteady | verse 7 | |
| 30 | sūkṣma | subtle | verse 8 | |
| 31 | anupalabdhiḥ | non-perception | verse 8 | upalabdhi |
| 32 | kāryatas | through its effects | verse 8 | |
| 33 | upalabdhi | perception | verse 8 | anupalabdhiḥ |
| 34 | saṃbhava | cause (same becoming) | verse 9 | liṅgi |
| 35 | satkārya | the necessary existence | verse 9 | |
| 36 | hetumat | proceeding from a cause (caused) | verse 10 | vikṛti |
| 37 | anitya | transient | verse 10 | |
| 38 | viparīta | opposite | verse 10 | tathā |
| 39 | tri | three | verse 11 | |
| 40 | guṇa | attribute/quality of nature | verse 11 | |
| 41 | pradhāna | original souce / primordial nature | verse 11 | prakṛti |
| 42 | tathā | similar | verse 11 | viparīta |
| 43 | pumān | spirit | verse 11 | jña, puruṣa |
| 44 | prīti | pleasure | verse 12 | |
| 45 | apriti | pain | verse 12 | duḥkha |
| 46 | viṣāda | despair/delusion/lethargy | verse 12 | |
| 47 | ātmakāḥ | is essential | verse 12 | |
| 48 | prakāśa | illumination | verse 12 | |
| 49 | pravṛtti | movement/action | verse 12 | vrtti |
| 50 | niyama | restraint | verse 12 | |
| 51 | artha | purpose | verse 12 | |
| 52 | anyonya | reciprocal/mutual | verse 12 | |
| 53 | abhibhava | oppose | verse 12 | |
| 54 | āśraya | support | verse 12 | |
| 55 | mithuna | union | verse 12 | |
| 56 | vrtti | fluctuation | verse 12 | pravṛtti |
| 57 | sattva | clarity / purity | verse 13 | laghu, prakāśa |
| 58 | laghu | buoyant | verse 13 | sattva |
| 59 | prakāśa | bright | verse 13 | sattva |
| 60 | rajas | agitating, exciting, unsteady | verse 13 | iṣṭam, upaṣṭaṃbhakaṃ, calaṃ |
| 61 | iṣṭam | desire | verse 13 | rajas |
| 62 | upaṣṭaṃbhakaṃ | stimulating | verse 13 | rajas |
| 63 | calaṃ | stimulating / unsteady | verse 13 | rajas |
| 64 | tamas | obscuring / darkness | verse 13 | guru , varaṇakam |
| 65 | guru | teacher / heavy | verse 13 | tamas |
| 66 | varaṇakam | enveloping (darkness) | verse 13 | tamas |
| 67 | viprayaya | reverse | verse 14 | |
| 68 | abhāvāt | non-appearance | verse 14 | |
| 69 | parimāṇāt | number/measure/amount | verse 15 | |
| 70 | kāraṇa | cause | verse 15 | liṅgi |
| 71 | kārya | effect | verse 15 | liṅga |
| 72 | vibhāga | distinction | verse 15 | |
| 73 | pravartate | occuring/becoming | verse 16 | |
| 74 | samdayāt | union | verse 16 | |
| 75 | pariṇāma | change / transformation | verse 16 | |
| 76 | pratiprati | counter-balancing | verse 16 | |
| 77 | saṅghāta | assemblage/combination | verse 17 | |
| 78 | para | higher/other | verse 17 | |
| 79 | adhiṣṭhāna | standing by/authority | verse 17 | |
| 80 | bhoktṛ | enjoyer/experiencer | verse 17 | |
| 81 | bhāva | experience | verse 17 | |
| 82 | kaivalya | liberation | verse 17 | |
| 83 | bahutva | multitude | verse 18 | |
| 84 | sākṣitva | witness | verse 18 | vikāra |
| 85 | madhya | impartial | verse 18 | |
| 86 | draṣṭṛ | seer | verse 18 | vikāra |
| 87 | akartṛ | not an agent | verse 18 | |
| 88 | saṃyoga | conjunction | verse 19 | |
| 89 | acetana | that which is without consciousness | verse 19 | |
| 90 | cetanā | consciousness | verse 19 | |
| 91 | iva | as if | verse 19 | |
| 92 | kartṛtva | having agency | verse 19 | |
| 93 | karta | that which is separate | verse 19 | |
| 94 | udāsīna | that which is indifferent | verse 19 | |
