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 4.14
yadā tu sarve guṇāḥ kathamekaḥ śabda ekamindriyamiti --- pariṇāmaikatvādvastutattvam || YS_4.14 ||
prakhyākriyāsthitiśīlānāṃ guṇānāṃ grahaṇātmakānāṃ karaṇabhāvenaikaḥ pariṇāmaḥ śrotramindriyaṃ, grāhyātmakānāṃ śabdatanmātrabhāvenaikaḥ pariṇāmaḥ śabdo viṣaya iti, śabdādīnāṃ mūrtisamānajātīyānāmekaḥ pariṇāmaḥ pṛthivīparamāṇustanmātrāvayavasteṣāṃ caikaḥ pariṇāmaḥ pṛthivī gaurvṛkṣaḥ parvata ityevamādirbhūtāntareṣvapi snehauṣṇyapraṇāmitvāvakāśadānānyupādāya sāmānyamekavikārārambhaḥ samādheyaḥ. nāstyartho vijñānavisahacaraḥ, asti tu jñānamarthavisahacaraṃ svapnādau kalpitamityanayā diśā ye vastusvarūpamapahnuvate jñānaparikalpanāmātraṃ vastu svapnaviṣayopamaṃ na paramārthato'stīti ya āhuste tatheti pratyupasthitamidaṃ svamāhātmyena vastu kathamapramāṇātmakena vikalpajñānabalena vastusvarūpamutsṛjya tadevāpalapantaḥ śraddheyavacanāḥ syuḥ. 4.14