DharmaPragya

DharmaPragya

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada

Containing 55 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 1

Verse 1 of 55

SANSKRIT TEXT

तपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः

TRANSLITERATION

tapaḥ svādhyāya Īśvarapraṇidhānāni kriyāyogaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Austerity, study of the psyche, profound religious meditation on the Supreme Lord is the dynamic kriya yoga practice."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 2

Verse 2 of 55

SANSKRIT TEXT

समाधिभावनार्थः क्लेशतनूकरणार्थश्च

TRANSLITERATION

samādhi bhāvanārthaḥ kleśa tanūkaraṇārthaś ca

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"It is for the purpose of producing continuous effortless linkage of the attention to a higher concentration force and for causing the reduction of the mental and emotional afflictions."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 3

Verse 3 of 55

SANSKRIT TEXT

अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लेशाः

TRANSLITERATION

avidyā asmitā rāga dveṣa abhiniveśaḥ pañca kleśāḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The mental and emotional afflictions are spiritual ignorance, misplaced identity, emotional attachment, impulsive-emotional disaffection and the strong focus on mundane existence, which is due to an instinctive fear of death."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 4

Verse 4 of 55

SANSKRIT TEXT

अविद्या क्षेत्रमुत्तरेषां प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम्

TRANSLITERATION

avidyā kṣetram uttareṣāṁ prasupta tanu vicchina udārāṇām

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Spiritual ignorance is the existential environment for the other afflictions, in their dormant, reduced, periodic or expanded stages."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 5

Verse 5 of 55

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अनित्याशुचिदुःखानात्मसु नित्यशुचिसुखात्मख्यातिरविद्या

TRANSLITERATION

anitya aśuci duḥka anātmasu nitya śuci sukha ātma khyātiḥ avidyā

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Spiritual ignorance is exhibited when what is temporary, impure, distressful and mundane, is identified as being eternal, pure, joyful and spiritual respectively."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 6

Verse 6 of 55

SANSKRIT TEXT

दृग्दर्शनशक्त्योरेकात्मतेवास्मिता

TRANSLITERATION

dṛg darśanaśaktyoḥ ekātmatā iva asmitā

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Mistaken identity occurs when the supernatural vision and what is seen through it seems to be identical."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 7

Verse 7 of 55

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सुखानुशयी रागः

TRANSLITERATION

sukha anuśayī rāgaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Craving results from a devoted attachment to happiness."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 8

Verse 8 of 55

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दुःखानुशयी द्वेषः

TRANSLITERATION

duḥkha anuśayi dveṣaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Impulsive emotional disaffection results from a devoted attachment to distress."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 9

Verse 9 of 55

SANSKRIT TEXT

स्वरसवाही विदुषोऽपि तथारूढोऽभिनिवेशः

TRANSLITERATION

svarasavāhī viduṣaḥ ’pi tatha rūḍho ‘bhiniveśaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"As it is, the strong focus on mundane existence, which is due to the instinctive fear of death, and which is sustained by its own potencies, which operates for self preservation, is developed even in the wise man."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 10

Verse 10 of 55

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ते प्रतिप्रसवहेयाः सूक्ष्माः

TRANSLITERATION

te pratiprasavaheyāḥ sūkṣmāḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"These subtle motivations are to be abandoned by reverting their expressions backwards."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 11

Verse 11 of 55

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ध्यानहेयास्तद्वृत्तयः

TRANSLITERATION

dhyānaheyāḥ tadvṛttayaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Their vibrational modes are to be abandoned or ceased by the effortless linkage of the attention to a higher concentration force or person."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 12

Verse 12 of 55

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क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः

TRANSLITERATION

kleśamūlaḥ karmāśayaḥ dṛṣṭa adṛṣṭa janma vedanīyaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The psychological storage of the impressions left by performance of cultural activities which is itself the cause of the mental and emotional distress, is experienced in realized and non-realized births."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 13

Verse 13 of 55

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सति मूले तद्विपाको जात्यायुर्भोगाः

TRANSLITERATION

sati mūle tadvipākaḥ jāti āyuḥ bhogāḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"In the case aforementioned, there exists the resulting effects which manifest as a particular species of life with certain duration of body and type of experiences gained in that form."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 14

Verse 14 of 55

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ते ह्लादपरितापफलाः पुण्यापुण्यहेतुत्वात्

TRANSLITERATION

te hlāda paritāpa phalāḥ puṇya apuṇya hetutvāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"They produce happiness and distress as results, on the basis of merit and demerits."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 15

Verse 15 of 55

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परिणामतापसंस्कारदुःखैर्गुणवृत्तिविरोधाच्च दुःखमेव सर्वं विवेकिनः

TRANSLITERATION

pariṇāma tāpa saṁskāra duḥkaiḥ guṇavṛtti virodhāt ca duḥkham eva sarvaṁ vivekinaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The discriminating person knows that all conditions are distressful because of circumstantial changes, strenuous endeavor, impulsive motivations, clashing aspects and the vibrational modes of the mento-emotional energy."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 16

Verse 16 of 55

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हेयं दुःखमनागतम्

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heyaṁ duḥkham anāgatam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Distress which is not manifested is to be avoided."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 17

Verse 17 of 55

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द्रष्टृदृश्ययोः संयोगो हेयहेतुः

TRANSLITERATION

draṣṭṛdṛśyayoḥ saṁyogo heyahetuḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The cause which is to be avoided is the indiscriminate association of the observer and what is perceived."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 18

Verse 18 of 55

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प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम्

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prakāśa kriyā sthiti śīlaṁ bhūtendriyātmakaṁ bhogāpavargārthaṁ dṛśyam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"What is perceived is of the nature of the mundane elements and the sense organs and is formed in clear perception, action or stability. Its purpose is to give experience or to allow liberation."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 19

Verse 19 of 55

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विशेषाविशेषलिङ्गमात्रालिङ्गानि गुणपर्वाणि

TRANSLITERATION

viśeṣa aviśeṣa liṅgamātra aliṅgāni guṇaparvāṇi

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The phases of the influences of material nature are those which are specific, regular, indicated or not indicated."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 20

Verse 20 of 55

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द्रष्टा दृशिमात्रः शुद्धोऽपि प्रत्ययानुपश्यः

TRANSLITERATION

draṣṭā dṛśimātraḥ śuddhaḥ api pratyayānupaśyaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The perceiver is the pure extent of his consciousness but his conviction is patterned by what is perceived."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 21

Verse 21 of 55

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तदर्थ एव दृश्यस्यात्मा

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tadarthaḥ eva dṛśyasya ātma

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The individual spirit who is involved in what is seen, exists here for that purpose only."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 22

Verse 22 of 55

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कृतार्थं प्रति नष्टमप्यनष्टं तदन्यसाधारणत्वात्

TRANSLITERATION

kṛtārthaṁ prati naṣṭam api anaṣṭaṁ tadanya sādhāraṇatvāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"It is not effective for one to whom its purpose is fulfilled but it has a common effect on the others."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 23

Verse 23 of 55

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स्वस्वामिशक्त्योः स्वरूपोपलब्धिहेतुः संयोगः

TRANSLITERATION

sva svāmiśaktyoḥ svarūpa upalabdhi hetuḥ saṁyogaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"There is a reason for the conjunction of the individual self and his psychological energies. It is for obtaining the experience of his own form."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 24

Verse 24 of 55

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तस्य हेतुरविद्या

TRANSLITERATION

tasya hetuḥ avidyā

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The cause of the conjunction is spiritual ignorance"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 25

Verse 25 of 55

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तदभावात् संयोगाभावो हानं तद्दृशेः कैवल्यम्

TRANSLITERATION

tad abhāvāt saṁyogā abhāvaḥ hānaṁ taddṛśeḥ kaivalyam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The elimination of the conjunction which results from the elimination of that spiritual ignorance is the withdrawal that is the total separation of the perceiver from the mundane psychology"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 26

Verse 26 of 55

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विवेकख्यातिरविप्लवा हानोपायः

TRANSLITERATION

vivekakhyātiḥ aviplavā hānopāyaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The method for avoiding that spiritual ignorance is the establishment of continuous discriminative insight."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 27

Verse 27 of 55

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तस्य सप्तधा प्रान्तभूमिः प्रज्ञा

TRANSLITERATION

tasya saptadhā prāntabhūmiḥ prajñā

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Concerning the development of his discriminative insight, there are seven stages."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 28

Verse 28 of 55

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योगाङ्गानुष्ठानादशुद्धिक्षये ज्ञानदीप्तिरा विवेकख्यातेः

TRANSLITERATION

yogā ṅgānuṣṭhānāt aśuddhikṣaye jñānadīptiḥ āvivekakhyāteḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From the consistent practice of the parts of the yoga process, on the elimination of the impurity, the radiant organ of perception becomes manifest, until there is steady discriminative insight."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 29

Verse 29 of 55

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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि

TRANSLITERATION

yama niyama āsana prāṇāyāma pratyāhāra dhāraṇā dhyāna samādhayaḥ aṣṭau aṅgāni

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Moral restrains, recommended behaviors, body posture, breath enrichment, sensual energy withdrawal, linking of the attention to higher concentration forces or persons, effortless linkage of the attention to higher concentration forces or persons, continuous effortless linkage of the attention to higher concentration forces or persons, are the eight parts of the yoga system."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 30

Verse 30 of 55

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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः

TRANSLITERATION

ahiṁsā satya asteya brahmacarya aparigrahāḥ yamāḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Non-violence, realism, non-stealing, sexual non-expressiveness which results in the perception of spirituality (brahman) and non-possessiveness, are the moral restraints."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 31

Verse 31 of 55

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जातिदेशकालसमयानवच्छिन्नाः सार्वभौमा महाव्रतम्

TRANSLITERATION

jāti deśa kāla samaya anavacchinnāḥ sārvabhaumāḥ mahāvratam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Those moral restraints are not to be adjusted by the status, location, time and condition. They are related to all stages of yoga, being the great commitment."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 32

Verse 32 of 55

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शौचसन्तोषतपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि नियमाः

TRANSLITERATION

śauca saṅtoṣa tapaḥ svādhyāya īśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamāḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Purification, contentment, austerity and profound religious meditation on the Supreme Lord are the recommended behaviors."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 33

Verse 33 of 55

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वितर्कबाधने प्रतिपक्षभावनम्

TRANSLITERATION

vitarkabādhane pratipakṣabhāvanam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"In the case of the annoyance produced by doubts, one should conceive of what is opposite."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 34

Verse 34 of 55

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वितर्का हिंसादयः कृतकारितानुमोदिता लोभक्रोधमोहपूर्वका मृदुमध्याधिमात्रा दुःखाज्ञानानन्तफला इति प्रतिपक्षभावनम्

TRANSLITERATION

vitarkaḥ hiṁsādayaḥ kṛta kārita anumoditāḥ lobha krodha moha pūrvakaḥ mṛdu madhya adhimātraḥ duḥkha ajñāna anantaphalāḥ iti pratipakṣabhāvanam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Doubts which produce violence and related actions, which are performed, caused to be done or endorsed, and which are caused by greed, anger and delusion, even if minor, mediocre or substantial, cause endless distress and spiritual ignorance as the results. Therefore, one should consider the opposite features."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 35

Verse 35 of 55

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अहिंसाप्रतिष्ठायां तत्सन्निधौ वैरत्यागः

TRANSLITERATION

ahiṁsāpratiṣṭhāyāṁ tatsannidhau vairatyāgaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"On being firmly established in non-violence, the abandonment of hostility occurs in his presence."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 36

Verse 36 of 55

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सत्यप्रतिष्ठायां क्रियाफलाश्रयत्वम्

TRANSLITERATION

satyapratiṣṭhāyāṁ kriyāphalāśrayatvam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"On being established in realism, his actions serve as a basis for results."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 37

Verse 37 of 55

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अस्तेयप्रतिष्ठायां सर्वरत्नोपस्थानम्

TRANSLITERATION

asteyapratiṣṭhāyāṁ sarvaratnopasthānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"On being firmly established in non-sealing, all precious things wait to serve a yogin."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 38

Verse 38 of 55

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ब्रह्मचर्यप्रतिष्ठायां वीर्यलाभः

TRANSLITERATION

brahmacaryapratiṣṭhāyāṁ vīryalābhaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"On being firmly established in the sexual non-expressiveness, which results in the perception of spirituality, vigor is gained."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 39

Verse 39 of 55

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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथन्तासम्बोधः

TRANSLITERATION

aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtā saṁbodhaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"In being consistent in non possessiveness, there is manifested the reason and the correct perception regarding one’s birth."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 40

Verse 40 of 55

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शौचात् स्वाङ्गजुगुप्सा परैरसंसर्गः

TRANSLITERATION

śaucāt svāṅgajugupsā paraiḥ asaṁsargaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From purification comes a disgust for one’s own body and a lack of desire to associate with others."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 41

Verse 41 of 55

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सत्त्वशुद्धिसौमनस्यैकाग्र्येन्द्रियजयात्मदर्शनयोग्यत्वानि च

TRANSLITERATION

sattvaśuddhi saumanasya ekāgra indriyajaya ātmadarśana yogyatvāni ca

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Purification of the psyche results in benevolence, the ability to link the attention to one concentration force or person, conquest of the sensual energy, vision of the spirit and fitness for abstract meditation."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 42

Verse 42 of 55

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सन्तोषादनुत्तमसुखलाभः

TRANSLITERATION

saṅtoṣāt anuttamaḥ sukhalābhaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From contentment, the very best in happiness is obtained."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 43

Verse 43 of 55

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कायेन्द्रियसिद्धिरशुद्धिक्षयात् तपसः

TRANSLITERATION

kāya indriya siddhiḥ aśuddhikṣayāt tapasaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Austerity, resulting in the elimination of impurity produces perfection of the body and sensual energy"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 44

Verse 44 of 55

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स्वाध्यायाद् इष्टदेवतासम्प्रयोगः

TRANSLITERATION

svādhyāyāt iṣṭadevatā saṁprayogaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From study of the psyche, comes intimate contact with the cherished divine being."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 45

Verse 45 of 55

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समाधिसिद्धिरीश्वरप्रणिधानात्

TRANSLITERATION

samādhisiddhiḥ īśvarapraṇidhānāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From the profound religious meditation upon the Supreme Lord comes the perfection of continuous effortless linkage of the attention to that Divinity."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 46

Verse 46 of 55

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स्थिरसुखम् आसनम्

TRANSLITERATION

sthira sukham āsanam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The posture should be steady and comfortable."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 47

Verse 47 of 55

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प्रयत्नशैथिल्यानन्तसमापत्तिभ्याम्

TRANSLITERATION

prayatna śaithilya ananta samāpattibhyām

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"It results in relaxation of effort and the meeting with the infinite."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 48

Verse 48 of 55

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ततो द्वन्द्वानभिघातः

TRANSLITERATION

tataḥ dvandvāḥ anabhighātaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From then on, there are no botherations from the dualities like happiness and distress, heat and cold."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 49

Verse 49 of 55

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तस्मिन्सति श्वासप्रश्वासयोर्गतिविच्छेदः प्राणायामः

TRANSLITERATION

tasmin satiśvāsa praśvāsayoḥ gativicchedaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Once this is accomplished, breath regulation, which is the separation of the flow of inhalation and exhalation, is attained."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 50

Verse 50 of 55

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बाह्याभ्यन्तरस्तम्भवृत्तिर्देशकालसङ्ख्याभिः परिदृष्टो दीर्घसूक्ष्मः

TRANSLITERATION

bāhya ābhyantara stambha vṛttiḥ deśa kāla saṁkhyābhiḥ paridṛṣṭah dīrgha sūkṣmaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"It has internal, external and restrictive operations, which are regulated according to the place, time and accounting, being prolonged or hardly noticed."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 51

Verse 51 of 55

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बाह्याभ्यन्तरविषयाक्षेपी चतुर्थः

TRANSLITERATION

bāhya ābhyantara viṣaya ākṣepī caturthaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"That which transcends the objective external and internal breath regulation is the fourth type of pranayama."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 52

Verse 52 of 55

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ततः क्षीयते प्रकाशावरणम्

TRANSLITERATION

tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśa āvaraṇam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From that is dissipated, the mental darkness which veils the light,"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 53

Verse 53 of 55

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धारणासु च योग्यता मनसः

TRANSLITERATION

dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

". and from that, is attained the state of the mind for linking the attention to a higher concentration force or person."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 54

Verse 54 of 55

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स्वविषयासम्प्रयोगे चित्तस्वरूपानुकार इवेन्द्रियाणां प्रत्याहारः

TRANSLITERATION

svaviṣaya asaṁprayoge cittasya svarūpāanukāraḥ iva indriyāṇāṁ pratyāhāraḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The withdrawal of the senses is as it were, their assumption of the form of mento-emotional energy when not contacting their own objects of perception"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Sadhana Pada, Verse 55

Verse 55 of 55

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ततः परमा वश्यतेन्द्रियाणाम्

TRANSLITERATION

tataḥ paramā vaśyatā indriyāṇām

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From that accomplishment, comes the highest degree of control of the senses."