Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda)
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1883 | 103,575 words
The Yoga-Sutra 1.48, English translation with Commentaries. The Yogasutra of Patanjali represents a collection of aphorisms dealing with spiritual topics such as meditation, absorption, Siddhis (yogic powers) and final liberation (Moksha). The Raja-Martanda is officialy classified as a Vritti (gloss) which means its explanatory in nature, as opposed to being a discursive commentary.
Sūtra 1.48
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 1.48:
ऋतम्भरा तत्र प्रज्ञा ॥ १.४८ ॥
ṛtambharā tatra prajñā || 1.48 ||
48. In that condition knowledge becomes truth-supporting.
The Rajamartanda commentary by King Bhoja:
[English translation of the 11th century commentary by Bhoja called the Rājamārtaṇḍa]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
That “knowledge” (prajñā) which supports the “truth” (ṛta) or reality, and never permits it to be covered by misconception (A. VIII) is “truth-supporting” (ṛtambharā), and in the condition (aforesaid) this is acquired. With the light of that knowledge the Yogī perceives everything in its true character, and acquires the highest Yoga.
Notes and Extracts
[Notes and comparative extracts from other commentaries on the Yogasūtra]
[In the next aphorism it will be shown that this perfect knowledge is the same with the transcendental power of knowing things, independently of the ordinary means of ascertaining truth.]
Its distinction from other forms of knowledge is now to be explained.