अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाःक्लेशाः॥३॥
avidyā-asmitā-rāga-dveṣa-abhiniveśaḥ kleśāḥ
The obstacles are:
avidyā Ignorance
asmitā Ego
rāga Cravings
dveṣa Aversion
abhiniveśaḥ Attachment
Google translate:
The troubles of ignorance, smile, attachment and hatred
Avidyā is a Vedic Sanskrit word, and is a compound of a- prefix and vidya, meaning “not vidya”. The word vidya is derived from the Sanskrit root vid, which means “to see, to knowingly-see, to know”. Therefore, avidya means to “not see, not know”.
SWAMI RAMA ON ASMITA
”The greatest obstacle after avidya is asmita (egotism or self-centeredness). Asmi, the first part of the word asmita, means “I am”; -ta means “-ness”. To become egotistical means to go to the darkness of ignorance. Asmita is the failure to comprehend the true nature of the soul.”
~ Sadhana pg. 69
Rāga literally means ‘color or hue’ in Sanskrit, but appears in Buddhist texts as a form of blemish, personal impurity or fundamental character affliction.
In Buddhism, Dvesha (hate, aversion) is the opposite of raga (lust, desire).
Attachment/Aversion
Rāga: Siva is the Universal Consciousness with complete self-satisfaction (PUrnatva) so much so that He has no wants. But the individual soul lacks Purnatva and is full of unmet desires. The Supreme Will of Siva has the total Freedom to remain absolutely self-satisfied. This Freedom of Siva undergoes deformation in the individual embodied soul so much so the finite self seems to be in want all the time.
Source: McGill: The architectural theory of the Mānasāra (shaivism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany
Rāga (राग):—A Sanskrit technical term referring to a “reddish” color of the skin, and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. Rāga is a symptom (rūpa) considered to be due to involvement of pitta-doṣa (aggravated pitta).
Source: archive.org: Northern Indian Music Volume I
Rāga (राग, “mode”).—The notes (svara) which are to convey certain definite emotions or ideas must be carefully selected from the twenty-two intervals of the śruti scale and then grouped to form a mode, a rāga. Any artificially formed scale is not necessarily a rāga, for its meaning may be confused and without appeal. The essential feature of a rāga is its power of evoking an emotion that takes hold of the hearers like a spell.
Source: WikiPedia: Upanishads
Rāga (राग).—The Mundaka Upanishad uses it in its discussion of soul (Atman-Brahman) and matter (Prakriti), with the sense that the soul does not “color, dye, stain, tint” the matter. The Maitri Upanishad uses the term in the sense of “passion, inner quality, psychological state”.
Source: McGill: The architectural theory of the Mānasāra
Rāga (राग).—The word rāga derives from √ranj, “to glow”, and also “to be affected, excited”. In art, rāga is the color crimson, and in music, particular musical modes that excite particular affections.
Patanjali's yoga sutras 
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