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 1.11
anubhūtaviṣayāsaṃpramoṣaḥ smṛtiḥ || YS_1.11 ||
kiṃ pratyayasya cittaṃ smaratyāhosvidviṣayasyeti. grāhyoparaktaḥ pratyayo grāhyagrahaṇobhayākāranirbhāsastajjātīyakaṃ saṃskāramārabhate. sa saṃskāraḥ svavyañjakāñjanastadākārāmeva grāhyagrahaṇobhayātmikāṃ smṛtiṃ janayati. tatra grahaṇākārapūrvā buddhiḥ. grāhyākārapūrvā smṛtiḥ. sā ca dvayī --- bhāvitasmartavyā cābhāvitasmartavyā ca. svapne bhāvitasmartavyā. jāgratsamaye tvabhāvitasmartavyeti. sarvāḥ smṛtayaḥ pramāṇaviparyayavikalpanidrāsmṛtīnāmanubhavātprabhavanti. sarvāścaitā vṛttayaḥ sukhaduḥkhamohātmikāḥ. sukhaduḥkhamohāśca kleśeṣu vyākhyeyāḥ. sukhānuśayī rāgaḥ. duḥkhānuśayī dveṣaḥ. mohaḥ punaravidyeti. etāḥ sarvā vṛttayo niroddhavyāḥ. āsāṃ nirodhe saṃprajñāto vā samādhirbhavatyasaṃprajñāto veti. 1.11