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 2.30
tatra --- ahiṃsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ || YS_2.30 ||
tatrāhiṃsā sarvathā sarvadā sarvabhūtānāmanabhidrohaḥ. uttare ca yamaniyamāstanmūlāstatsiddhiparatayaiva tatpratipādanāya pratipādyante. tadavadātarūpakaraṇāyaivopādīyante. tathā coktam --- sa khalvayaṃ brāhmaṇo yathā yathā vratāni bahūni samāditsate tathā tathā pramādakṛtebhyo hiṃsānidānebhyo nivartamānastāmevāvadātarūpāmahiṃsāṃ karoti. satyaṃ yathārthe vāṅmanase. yathā dṛṣṭaṃ yathānumitaṃ tathā vāṅ manaśceti. paratra svabodhasaṃkrāntaye vāguktā, sā yadi na vañcitā bhrāntā vā pratipattivandhyā vā bhavediti. eṣā sarvabhūtopakārārthaṃ pravṛttā na bhūtopaghātāya. yadi caivamapyabhidhīyamānā bhūtopaghātaparaiva syānna satyaṃ bhavetpāpameva bhavettena puṇyābhāsena puṇyapratirūpakeṇa kaṣṭaṃ tamaḥ prāpnuyāt. tasmātparīkṣya sarvabhūtahitaṃ satyaṃ brūyāt. steyamaśāstrapūrvakaṃ dravyāṇāṃ parataḥ svīkaraṇaṃ, tatpratiṣedhaḥ punaraspṛhārūpamasteyamiti. brahmacaryaṃ guptendriyasyopasthasya saṃyamaḥ. viṣayāṇāmarjanarakṣaṇakṣayasaṅgahiṃsādoṣadarśanādasvīkaraṇamaparigraha ityete yamāḥ. 2.30