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 1.36
viśokā vā jyotiṣmatī || YS_1.36 ||
pravṛttirutpannā manasaḥ sthitinibandhanītyanuvartate. hṛdayapuṇḍarīke dhārayato yā buddhisaṃvit, buddhisattvaṃ hi bhāsvaramākāśakalpaṃ, tatra sthitivaiśāradyātpravṛttiḥ sūryendugrahamaṇiprabhārūpākāreṇa vikalpate. tathāsmitāyāṃ samāpannaṃ cittaṃ nistaraṅgamahodadhikalpaṃ śāntamanantamasmitāmātraṃ bhavati. yatredamuktam --- "tamaṇumātramātmānamanuvidyāsmītyevaṃ tāvatsaṃprajānīte" iti. eṣā dvayī viśokā viṣayavatī, asmitāmātrā ca pravṛttirjyotiṣmatītyucyate. yayā yoginaścittaṃ sthitipadaṃ labhata iti. 1.36