Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda)
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1883 | 103,575 words
The Yoga-Sutra 3.41, 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 3.41
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 3.41:
श्रोत्राकाशयोः सम्बन्धसंयमाद्दिव्यं श्रोत्रम् ॥ ३.४१ ॥
śrotrākāśayoḥ sambandhasaṃyamāddivyaṃ śrotram || 3.41 ||
41. From Saṃyama with reference to the relation between the organ of hearing and ether, a superperfect organ of hearing.
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.
[Read Sūtra 3.41]
“Organ of hearing” (Śrotrā) is that organ which perceives sound, and is produced by egotism. “Ether” (Ākāśā) is sky, the result of the subtle rudiment of sound (Śabdatanmātra). The “relation” (sambandha) between the two is that of the site and the situated. The Yogī who has performed Saṃyama with reference to it attains a superperfect organ of hearing (Divyaśrotra), and becomes able to hear simultaneously subtile, intercepted, and distant sounds.
Notes and Extracts
[Notes and comparative extracts from other commentaries on the Yogasūtra]
[The ether is the product of the rudiment of sound; and the organ of hearing is dependant on it for the performance of its unction; and if the relation between the two be brought under control by performing Saṃyama with reference to ether, the performer obtains the power of knowing it under all circumstances.]
Another perfection.