Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra)
by Rama Prasada | 1924 | 154,800 words | ISBN-10: 9381406863 | ISBN-13: 9789381406861
The Yoga-Sutra 3.39, English translation with Commentaries. The Yoga Sutras are an ancient collection of Sanskrit texts dating from 500 BCE dealing with Yoga and Meditation in four books. It deals with topics such as Samadhi (meditative absorption), Sadhana (Yoga practice), Vibhuti (powers or Siddhis), Kaivaly (isolation) and Moksha (liberation).
Sūtra 3.39
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 3.39:
समानजयाज् ज्वलनम् ॥ ३.३९ ॥
samānajayāj jvalanam || 3.39 ||
samāna—over Samāna. jayāt—by mastery. jvalanam—effulgence.
39. By mastery over Samāna comes effulgence.—145.
The Sankhya-pravachana commentary of Vyasa
[English translation of the 7th century commentary by Vyāsa called the Sāṅkhya-pravacana, Vyāsabhāṣya or Yogabhāṣya]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
He who has obtained mastery over the Samāna blows the fire into flame and thus shines.145.
The Gloss of Vachaspati Mishra
[English translation of the 9th century Tattvavaiśāradī by Vācaspatimiśra]
The fire is of the body. The blowing it into flame means rendering it brighter.—39.