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 3.22
sopakramaṃ nirupakramaṃ ca karma tatsaṃyamādaparāntajñānamariṣṭebhyo vā || YS_3.22 ||
āyurvipākaṃ karma dvividhaṃ sopakramaṃ nirupakramaṃ ca. tatra yathārdraṃ vastraṃ vitānitaṃ laghīyasā kālena śuṣyettathā sopakramam. yathā ca tadeva saṃpiṇḍitaṃ cireṇa saṃśuṣyedevaṃ nirupakramam. yathā vāgniḥ śuṣke kakṣe mukto vātena samantato yuktaḥ kṣepīyasā kālena dahettathā sopakramam. yathā vā sa evāgnistṛṇarāśau kramaśo'vayaveṣu nyastaścireṇa dahettathā nirupakramam. tadaikabhavikamāyuṣkaraṃ karma dvividhaṃ sopakramaṃ nirupakramaṃ ca. tatsaṃyamādaparāntasya prāyaṇasya jñānam. ariṣṭebhyo veti trividhamariṣṭamādhyātmikamādhibhautikamādhidaivikaṃ ceti. tatrādhyātmikaṃ ghoṣaṃ svadehe pihitakarṇo na śṛṇoti, jyotirvā netre'vaṣṭabdhe na paśyati. tathādhibhautikaṃ yamapuruṣānpaśyati, pitṝnatītānakasmātpaśyati. tathādhidaivikaṃ svargamakasmātsiddhānvā paśyati. viparītaṃ vā sarvamiti anena vā jānātyaparāntamupasthitamiti. 3.22