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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 2.40
niyameṣu vakṣyāmaḥ --- śaucātsvāṅgajugupsā parairasaṃsargaḥ || YS_2.40 ||
svāṅge jugupsāyāṃ śaucamārabhamāṇaḥ kāyāvadyadarśī kāyānabhiṣvaṅgī yatirbhavati. kiṃca parairasaṃsargaḥ kāyasvabhāvāvalokī svamapi kāyaṃ jihāsurmṛjjalādibhirākṣālayannapi kāyaśuddhimapaśyan kathaṃ parakāyairatyantamevāprayataiḥ saṃsṛjyeta. 2.40