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 4.19
syādāśaṅkā cittameva svābhāsaṃ viṣayābhāsaṃ ca bhaviṣyatītyagnivat --- na tatsvābhāsaṃ dṛśyatvāt || YS_4.19 ||
yathetarāṇīndriyāṇi śabdādayaśca dṛśyatvānna svābhāsāni tathā mano'pi pratyetavyam. na cāgniratra dṛṣṭāntaḥ na hyagnirātmasvarūpamaprakāśaṃ prakāśayati prakāśaścāyaṃ prakāśyaprakāśakasaṃyoge dṛṣṭaḥ. na ca svarūpamātre'sti saṃyogaḥ kiṃca svābhāsaṃ cittamityagrāhyameva kasyaciditi śabdārthaḥ. tadyathā svātmapratiṣṭhamākāśaṃ na parapratiṣṭhamityarthaḥ svabuddhipracārapratisaṃvedanātsattvānāṃ pravṛttirdṛśyate --- kruddho'haṃ bhīto'hamamutra me rāgo'mutra me krodha iti etatsvabuddheragrahaṇe na yuktamiti. 4.19