Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda)
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1883 | 103,575 words
The Yoga-Sutra 3.26, English translation with Commentaries. The Yogasutra of Patanjali represents a collection of aphorisms dealing with spiritual topics such as meditation, absorption, Siddhis (yogic powers) and final liberation (Moksha). The Raja-Martanda is officialy classified as a Vritti (gloss) which means its explanatory in nature, as opposed to being a discursive commentary.
Sūtra 3.26
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 3.26:
भुवनज्ञानं सूर्ये संयमात् ॥ ३.२६ ॥
bhuvanajñānaṃ sūrye saṃyamāt || 3.26 ||
26. From Saṃyama in the sun, a knowledge of regions.
The Rajamartanda commentary by King Bhoja:
[English translation of the 11th century commentary by Bhoja called the Rājamārtaṇḍa]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
Another perfection of a similar description.
[Read Sūtra 3.26]
He who performs Saṃyama with reference to the manifest sun, obtains a definite knowledge of whatever regions and towns exist in the seven spheres, including the terrine, the aerial, and the celestial. In the preceding aphorism the subject is the manifestation of the quality of goodness, here it is material, that is the distinction.
Notes and Extracts
[Notes and comparative extracts from other commentaries on the Yogasūtra]
[The Pātañjala Bhāṣya gives a long account of the seven principal regions and their subsidiaries, taken from the Purāṇas, but it is not worth quoting. In Wilson’s Viṣṇu Purāṇa the details are given at length.]
Another perfection by means of reliance on material manifestation.