Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda)
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1883 | 103,575 words
The Yoga-Sutra 3.50, 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 3.50
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 3.50:
तद्वैराग्यादपि दोषबीजक्षये कैवल्यम् ॥ ३.५० ॥
tadvairāgyādapi doṣabījakṣaye kaivalyam || 3.50 ||
50. From indifference even to this (perfection) through destruction of the seed of evils, (results) isolation.
The Rajamartanda commentary by King Bhoja:
[English translation of the 11th century commentary by Bhoja called the Rājamārtaṇḍa]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
When the Yogī becomes indifferent even to that sorrowless perfection, then ignorance, the seed of the evils such as passion, &c., being destroyed by the root, “isolation,” (kaivalya,) absolute cessation of pain, results, i.e., on the termination of the influence of the qualities the soul is restored, placed permanently, in its own state.
Notes and Extracts
[Notes and comparative extracts from other commentaries on the Yogasūtra]
[Nor is the sorrowless perfection the ultimatum. When the Saṃyama is exercised freely it produces an indifference in the mind in regard to it, and this indifference destroys ignorance, the root of all evil, and leads to isolation, or the detachment of soul from the bondage of worldly ties.]
He now points out the means of remaining in this meditation.