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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 2.32
śaucasaṃtoṣatapaḥsvādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamāḥ || YS_2.32 ||
tatra śaucaṃ mṛjjalādijanitaṃ medhyābhyavaharaṇādi ca bāhyam. ābhyantaraṃ cittamalānāmākṣālanam. saṃtoṣaḥ saṃnihitasādhanādadhikasyānupāditsā. tapo dvaṃdvasahanam. dvaṃdvāśca jighatsāpipāse śītoṣṇe sthānāsane kāṣṭhamaunākāramaune ca. vratāni caiṣāṃ yathāyogaṃ kṛcchracāndrāyaṇasāṃtapanādīni. svādhyāyo mokṣaśāstrāṇāmadhyayanaṃ praṇavajapo vā. īśvarapraṇidhānaṃ tasminparamagurau sarvakarmārpaṇam.
śayyāsanastho'tha pathi vrajanvā svasthaḥ parikṣīṇavitarkajālaḥ /
saṃsārabījakṣayamīkṣamāṇaḥ syānnityayukto'mṛtabhogabhāgī //
yatredamuktaṃ tataḥ pratyakcetanādhigamo'pyantarāyābhāvaśceti. 2.32