Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda)
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1883 | 103,575 words
The Yoga-Sutra 2.44, 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 2.44
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 2.44:
स्वाध्यायादिष्टदेवतासम्प्रयोगः ॥ २.४४ ॥
svādhyāyādiṣṭadevatāsamprayogaḥ || 2.44 ||
44. Through muttering results the cognition of the desiderated deity.
The Rajamartanda commentary by King Bhoja:
[English translation of the 11th century commentary by Bhoja called the Rājamārtaṇḍa]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
The fruit of muttering.
[Read Sūtra 2.44]
On the perfection of “muttering” (sādhyāya) characterised by the repetition or the like of a selected mantra, there results a cognition on the part of the Yogī of the deity desiderated: the meaning is that that deity becomes visible to him.
Notes and Extracts
[Notes and comparative extracts from other commentaries on the Yogasūtra]
[The word svādhyāya means the study of the Vedas, but here it is used in the technical sense of muttering or inaudibly repeating a great many times any selected mantra. This is closely analogous to the counting of the rosary.]
The fruit of contemplating on the Lord.