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 1.51
kiṃ cāsya bhavati --- tasyāpi nirodhe sarvanirodhānnirbījaḥ samādhiḥ || YS_1.51 || sa na kevalaṃ samādhiprajñāvirodhī prajñākṛtānāmapi saṃskārāṇāṃ pratibandhī bhavati. kasmāt, nirodhajaḥ saṃskāraḥ samādhijān saṃskārānbādhata iti. nirodhasthitikālakramānubhavena nirodhacittakṛtasaṃskārāstitvamanumeyam. vyutthānanirodhasamādhiprabhavaiḥ saha kaivalyabhāgīyaiḥ saṃskāraiścittaṃ svasyāṃ prakṛtāvavasthitāyāṃ pravilīyate. tasmātte saṃskārāścittasyādhikāravirodhino na sthitihetavo bhavantīti. yasmādavasitādhikāraṃ saha kaivalyabhāgīyaiḥ saṃskāraiścittaṃ nivartate, tasminnivṛtte puruṣaḥ svarūpamātrapratiṣṭho'taḥ śuddhaḥ kevalo mukta ityucyata iti. 1.51