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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 1.49
sā punaḥ --- śrutānumānaprajñābhyāmanyaviṣayā viśeṣārthatvāt || YS_1.49 ||
śrutamāgamavijñānaṃ tatsāmānyaviṣayam. na hyāgamena śakyo viśeṣo'bhidhātum, kasmāt, na hi viśeṣeṇa kṛtasaṃketaḥ śabda iti. tathānumānaṃ sāmānyaviṣayameva. yatra prāptistatra gatiryatrāprāptistatra na bhavati gatirityuktam. anumānena ca sāmānyenopasaṃhāraḥ. tasmācchrutānumānaviṣayo na viśeṣaḥ kaścidastīti. na cāsya sūkṣmavyavahitaviprakṛṣṭasya vastuno lokapratyakṣeṇa grahaṇamasti. na cāsya viśeṣasyāpramāṇakasyābhāvo'stīti samādhiprajñānirgrāhya eva sa viśeṣo bhavati bhūtasūkṣmagato vā puruṣagato vā. tasmācchrutānumānaprajñābhyāmanyaviṣayā sā prajñā viśeṣārthatvāditi. 1.49