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 3.38
bandhakāraṇaśaithilyātpracārasaṃvedanācca cittasya paraśarīrāveśaḥ || YS_3.38 ||
lolībhūtasya manaso'pratiṣṭhasya śarīre karmāśayavaśādbandhaḥ pratiṣṭhetyarthaḥ tasya karmaṇo bandhakāraṇasya śaithilyaṃ samādhibalādbhavati. pracārasaṃvedanaṃ ca cittasya samādhijameva karmabandhakṣayātsvacittasya pracārasaṃvedanācca yogī cittaṃ svaśarīrānniṣkṛṣya śarīrāntareṣu nikṣipati. nikṣiptaṃ cittaṃ cendriyāṇyanu patanti. yathā madhukararājānaṃ makṣikā utpatantamanūtpatanti niviśamānamanu niviśante tathendriyāṇi paraśarīrāveśe cittamanu vidhīyanta iti. 3.38