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 4.16
na caikacittatantraṃ vastu tadapramāṇakaṃ tadā kiṃ syāt || YS_4.16 ||
ekacittatantraṃ cedvastu syāttadā citte vyagre niruddhe vāsvarūpameva tenāparāmṛṣṭamanyasyāviṣayībhūtamapramāṇakamagṛhītasvabhāvakaṃ kenacittadānīṃ kiṃ tatsyāt. saṃbadhyamānaṃ ca punaścittena kuta utpadyeta ye cāsyānupasthitā bhāgāste cāsya na syurevaṃ nāsti pṛṣṭhamityudaramapi na gṛhyeta. tasmātsvatantro'rthaḥ sarvapuruṣasādhāraṇaḥ svatantrāṇi ca cittāni pratipuruṣaṃ pravartante tayoḥ saṃbandhādupalabdhiḥ puruṣasya bhoga iti. 4.16