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 3.55
prāptavivekajajñānasyāprāptavivekajajñānasya vā --- sattvapuruṣayoḥ śuddhisāmye kaivalyamiti || YS_3.55 ||
yadā nirdhūtarajastamomalaṃ buddhisattvaṃ puruṣasyānyatāpratītimātrādhikāraṃ dagdhakleśabījaṃ bhavati tadā puruṣasya śuddhisārūpyamivāpannaṃ bhavati, tadā puruṣasyopacaritabhogābhāvaḥ śuddhiḥ. etasyāmavasthāyāṃ kaivalyaṃ bhavatīśvarasyānīśvarasya vā vivekajajñānabhāgina itarasya vā. na hi dagdhakleśabījasya jñāne punarapekṣā kācidasti sattvaśuddhidvāreṇaitatsamādhijamaiśvaryaṃ jñānaṃ copakrāntam. paramārthatastu jñānādadarśanaṃ nivartate tasminnivṛtte na santyuttare kleśāḥ. kleśābhāvātkarmavipākābhāvaḥ caritādhikārāścaitasyāmavasthāyāṃ guṇā na puruṣasya punardṛśyatvenopatiṣṭhante. tatpuruṣasya kaivalyaṃ, tadā puruṣaḥ svarūpamātrajyotiramalaḥ kevalī bhavati. 3.55