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Yoga-sutra with Bhasya [sanskrit]
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The Sanskrit edition of the Patañjali: Yogasūtra with Bhāṣya (= Pātañjalayogaśāstra). Based on the edition by Kāśinātha Śāstrī Āgāśe. The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is a collection of Sanskrit aphorisms (Sūtras) on the theory and practice of Yoga. It includes the theory of ashtanga (eight elements of practice culminating in samadhi)—Yama (abstinences), Niyama (observances), Āsana (yoga posture), Prāṇāyāma (breath control), Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the senses), Dhāraṇā (concentration of the mind), Dhyāna (meditation) and Samādhi (absorption).
Sūtra 1.1
Pātañjalayogaśāstram
yastyaktvā rūpamādyaṃ prabhavati jagato'nekadhānugrahāya prakṣīṇakleśarāśirviṣamaviṣadharo'nekavaktraḥ subhogī /
sarvajñānaprasūtirbhujagaparikaraḥ prītaye yasya nityaṃ devo'hīśaḥ sa vo'vyātsitavimalatanuryogado yogayuktaḥ //1//
atha yogānuśāsanam || YS_1.1 ||
athetyayamadhikārārthaḥ. yogānuśāsanaṃ śāstramadhikṛtaṃ veditavyam. yogaḥ samādhiḥ. sa ca sārvabhaumaścittasya dharmaḥ. kṣiptaṃ mūḍhaṃ vikṣiptamekāgraṃ niruddhamiti cittabhūmayaḥ. tatra vikṣipte cetasi vikṣepopasarjanībhūtaḥ samādhirna yogapakṣe vartate. yastvekāgre cetasi sadbhūtamarthaṃ pradyotayati kṣiṇoti ca kleśān karmabandhanāni ślathayati nirodhamabhimukhaṃ karoti sa saṃprajñāto yoga ityākhyāyate. sa ca vitarkānugato vicārānugata ānandānugato'smitānugata ityupariṣṭānnivedayiṣyāmaḥ. sarvavṛttinirodhe tvasaṃprajñātaḥ samādhiḥ. 1.1