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 1.44
etayaiva savicārā nirvicārā ca sūkṣmaviṣayā vyākhyātā || YS_1.44 ||
tatra bhūtasūkṣmakeṣvabhivyaktadharmakeṣu deśakālanimittānubhavāvacchinneṣu yā samāpattiḥ sā savicāretyucyate. tatrāpyekabuddhinirgrāhyamevoditadharmaviśiṣṭaṃ bhūtasūkṣmamālambanībhūtaṃ samādhiprajñāyāmupatiṣṭhate. yā punaḥ sarvathā sarvataḥ śāntoditāvyapadeśyadharmānavacchinneṣu sarvadharmānupātiṣu sarvadharmātmakeṣu samāpattiḥ sā nirvicāretyucyate. evaṃsvarūpaṃ hi tadbhūtasūkṣmametenaiva svarūpeṇālambanībhūtameva samādhiprajñāsvarūpamuparañjayati. prajñā ca svarūpaśūnyevārthamātrā yadā bhavati tadā nirvicāretyucyate. tatra mahadvastuviṣayā savitarkā nirvitarkā ca, sūkṣmavastuviṣayā savicārā nirvicārā ca. evamubhayoretayaiva nirvitarkayā vikalpahānirvyākhyāteti. 1.44