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 2.50
sa tu --- bāhyābhyantarastambhavṛttirdeśakālasaṃkhyābhiḥ paridṛṣṭo dīrghasūkṣmaḥ || YS_2.50 || yatra praśvāsapūrvako gatyabhāvaḥ sa bāhyaḥ. yatra śvāsapūrvako gatyabhāvaḥ sa ābhyantaraḥ. tṛtīyaḥ stambhavṛttiryatrobhayābhāvaḥ sakṛṭprayatnādbhavati. yathā tapte nyastamupale jalaṃ sarvataḥ saṃkocamāpadyate tathā dvayoryugapadgatyabhāva iti. trayo'pyete deśena paridṛṣṭā iyānasya viṣayo deśa iti. kālena paridṛṣṭāḥ kṣaṇānāmiyattāvadhāraṇenāvacchinnā ityarthaḥ. saṃkhyābhiḥ paridṛṣṭā etāvadbhiḥ śvāsapraśvāsaiḥ prathama udghātastadvannigṛhītasyaitāvadbhirdvitīya udghāta evaṃ tṛtīyaḥ. evaṃ mṛdurevaṃ madhya evaṃ tīvra iti saṃkhyāparidṛṣṭaḥ. sa khalvayamevamabhyasto dīrghasūkṣmaḥ. 2.50