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 3.35
sattvapuruṣayoratyantāsaṃkīrṇayoḥ pratyayāviśeṣo bhogaḥ parārthātsvārthasaṃyamātpuruṣajñānam || YS_3.35 ||
buddhisattvaṃ prakhyāśīlaṃ samānasattvopanibandhane rajastamasī vaśīkṛtya sattvapuruṣānyatāpratyayena pariṇatam. tasmācca sattvātpariṇāmino'tyantavidharmā viśuddho'nyaścitimātrarūpaḥ puruṣaḥ. tayoratyantāsaṃkīrṇayoḥ pratyayāviśeṣo bhogaḥ puruṣasya darśitaviṣayatvātsa bhogapratyayaḥ sattvasya parārthatvāddṛśyaḥ. yastu tasmādviśiṣṭaścitimātrarūpo'nyaḥ pauruṣeyaḥ pratyayastatra saṃyamātpuruṣaviṣayā prajñā jāyate. na ca puruṣapratyayena buddhisattvātmanā puruṣo dṛśyate puruṣa eva taṃ pratyayaṃ svātmāvalambanaṃ paśyati tathā hyuktam --- "vijñātāramare kena vijānīyāt" iti. 3.35