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 4.21
syānmatiḥ svarasaniruddhaṃ cittaṃ cittāntareṇa samanantareṇa gṛhyata iti --- cittāntaradṛśye buddhibuddheratiprasaṅgaḥ smṛtisaṃkaraśca || YS_4.21 ||
atha cittaṃ ceccittāntareṇa gṛhyeta buddhibuddhiḥ kena gṛhyate, sāpyanyayā sāpyanyayetyatiprasaṅgaḥ. smṛtisaṃkaraśca, yāvanto buddhibuddhīnāmanubhavāstāvatyaḥ smṛtayaḥ prāpnuvanti. tatsaṃkarāccaikasmṛtyanavadhāraṇaṃ ca syādityevaṃ buddhipratisaṃvedinaṃ puruṣamapalapadbhirvaināśikaiḥ sarvamevākulīkṛtam. te tu bhoktṛsvarūpaṃ yatra kvacana kalpayanto na nyāyena saṃgacchante kecittu sattvamātramapi parikalpyāsti sa sattvo ya etānpañca skandhānnikṣipyānyāṃśca pratisaṃdadhātītyuktvā tata eva punastrasyanti. tathā skandhānāṃ mahannirvedāya virāgāyānutpādāya praśāntaye gurorantike brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyāmītyuktvā sattvasya punaḥ sattvamevāpahnuvate. sāṃkhyayogādayastu pravādāḥ svaśabdena puruṣameva svāminaṃ cittasya bhoktāramupayantīti. 4.21