Karmanirnaya 11_46

11_46

“Vyatīs,” the gods who are especially superior. “Aphāṇayat,” he expanded, [that is,] near to the sacrificer; from the verbal root phaṇ in the sense of expansion. “Suyuktān,” those engaged in excellent yoga.
In the Prakāśa-saṃhitā [it is said]: “Because of being especially superior, the deities are called vyatis; they are ever devoted to yoga and devoted to Nārāyaṇa. And they are the selves of the senses; Īśvara expands them. The expansion of the deities in the devotees, performed by Hari, is indeed the expansion of the power of the senses such as mind.”