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 4.7
yataḥ --- karmāśuklākṛṣṇaṃ yoginastrividhamitareṣām || YS_4.7 ||
catuṣpadī khalviyaṃ karmajātiḥ kṛṣṇā śuklakṛṣṇā śuklāśuklākṛṣṇā ceti. tatra kṛṣṇā durātmanām, śuklakṛṣṇā bahiḥsādhanasādhyā. tatra parapīḍānugrahadvāreṇaiva karmāśayapracayaḥ śuklā tapaḥsvādhyāyadhyānavatām. sā hi kevale manasyāyattatvādabahiḥsādhanādhīnā na parānpīḍayitvā bhavati. aśuklākṛṣṇā saṃnyāsināṃ kṣīṇakleśānāṃ caramadehānāmiti tatrāśuklaṃ yogina eva phalasaṃnyāsādakṛṣṇaṃ cānupādānāt itareṣāṃ tu bhūtānāṃ pūrvameva trividhamiti. 4.7