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Yoga Sutras 3.42

Patanjali, explained by Swami Vivekananda

श्रोत्राकाशयोः सम्बन्धसंयमाद्दिव्यं श्रोत्रम् ॥

śrotrākāśayoḥ sambandhasaṃyamāddivyaṃ śrotram

By making Samyama on the relation between the ear and the Akasha comes divine hearing.

In plain words: By focusing deeply on how the ear is linked to Akasha (space, the element that carries sound), the yogi gains divine hearing. He can hear sounds from very far away.

Yoga Sutras 3.42
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Swami Vivekananda explains

There is the Akasha, the ether, and the instrument, the ear. By making Samyama on them the Yogi gets supernormal hearing; he hears everything. Anything spoken or sounded miles away he can hear.