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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 2.33
eteṣāṃ yamaniyamānām --- vitarkabādhane pratipakṣabhāvanam || YS_2.33 ||
yadāsya brāhmaṇasya hiṃsādayo vitarkā jāyeran haniṣyāmyahamapakāriṇamanṛtamapi vakṣyāmi dravyamapyasya svīkariṣyāmi dāreṣu cāsya vyavāyī bhaviṣyāmi parigraheṣu cāsya svāmī bhaviṣyāmīti. evamunmārgapravaṇavitarkajvareṇātidīptena bādhyamānastatpratipakṣānbhāvayet. ghoreṣu saṃsārāṅgāreṣu pacyamānena mayā śaraṇamupāgataḥ sarvabhūtābhayapradānena yogadharmaḥ. sa khalvahaṃ tyaktvā vitarkānpunastānādadānastulyaḥ śvavṛtteneti bhāvayet. yathā śvā vāntāvalehī tathā tyaktasya punarādadāna iti. evamādi sūtrāntareṣvapi yojyam. 2.33