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Yoga-sutra with Bhoja Vritti [sanskrit]
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The Sanskrit edition of the Rājamārtaṇḍa or Bhojavṛtti by Bhojarāja.—This represents the commentary on the yoga aphorisms of Patañjali by King Bhoja who ruled in the 11th century. The material was typed by Suryansu Ray from a traditional old manuscript belonging to the family Guru.
Sūtra 4.3
nanu dharmādharmādayastatra kriyamānā upalabhyante | tat kathaṃ prakṛtīnāmāpūrakatvam ityāha —
nimittamaprayojakaṃ prakṛtīnāṃ varaṇabhedastu tataḥ kṣetrikavat || kaivalya 3 ||
vṛttiḥ — nimittaṃ dharmādi | tat prakṛtīnāmarthāntarapariṇāme na prayojakam | na hi kāryeṇa kāraṇaṃ pravartate | kutra tarhi tasya dharmādervyāpāra ityāha — varaṇabhedastu tataḥ kṣetrikavat | tatastasmādanuṣṭhīyamānāddharmādvaraṇamāvaraṇakamadharmādi tasyaiva virodhitvādbhedaḥ kṣayaḥ kriyate | tasmin pratibandhake kṣīṇe prakṛtayaḥ svayamabhimatakāryāya prabhavanti | dṛṣṭāntamāha — kṣetrikavat | yathā kṣetrikaḥ kṛṣībalaḥ kedārāt kedārāntaraṃ jalaṃ ninīṣurjalapratibandhakāvaraṇabhedamātraṃ karoti | tasmin bhinne jalaṃ svayameva prasaradrūpaṃ pariṇāmaṃ gṛhṇāti na tu jalaprasaraṇe tasya kaścit prayatnaḥ | evaṃ dharmāderboddhavyam || 3 ||