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 2.27
tasya saptadhā prāntabhūmiḥ prajñā || YS_2.27 ||
tasyeti pratyuditakhyāteḥ pratyāmnāyaḥ. saptadheti aśuddhyāvaraṇamalāpagamāccittasya pratyayāntarānutpāde sati saptaprakāraiva prajñā vivekino bhavati. tadyathā --- parijñātaṃ heyaṃ nāsya punaḥ parijñeyamasti. kṣīṇā heyahetavo na punareteṣāṃ kṣetavyamasti. sākṣātkṛtaṃ nirodhasamādhinā hānam. bhāvito vivekakhyātirūpo hānopāya iti. eṣā catuṣṭayī kāryā vimuktiḥ prajñāyāḥ. cittavimuktistu trayī caritādhikārā buddhiḥ. guṇā giriśikharataṭacyutā iva grāvāṇo niravasthānāḥ svakāraṇe pralayābhimukhāḥ saha tenāstaṃ gacchanti. na caiṣāṃ pravilīnānāṃ punarastyutpādaḥ prayojanābhāvāditi. etasyāmavasthāyāṃ guṇasaṃbandhātītaḥ svarūpamātrajyotiramalaḥ kevalī puruṣa iti. etāṃ saptavidhāṃ prāntabhūmiprajñāmanupaśyanpuruṣaḥ kuśala ityākhyāyate. pratiprasave'pi cittasya muktaḥ kuśala ityeva bhavati guṇātītatvāditi. 2.27