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 1.5
tāḥ punarniroddhavyā bahutve sati cittasya --- vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ || YS_1.5 ||
kleśahetukāḥ karmāśayapracaye kṣetrībhūtāḥ kliṣṭāḥ. khyātiviṣayā guṇādhikāravirodhinyo'kliṣṭāḥ. kliṣṭapravāhapatitā apyakliṣṭāḥ. kliṣṭacchidreṣvapyakliṣṭā bhavanti. akliṣṭacchideṣu kliṣṭā iti. tathājātīyakāḥ saṃskārā vṛttibhireva kriyante. saṃskāraiśca vṛttaya iti. evaṃ vṛttisaṃskāracakramaniśamāvartate. tadevaṃbhūtaṃ cittamavasitādhikāramātmakalpena vyavatiṣṭhate pralayaṃ vā gacchatīti. tāḥ kliṣṭāścākliṣṭāśca pañcadhā vṛttayaḥ. 1.5