DharmaPragya
Sadhana Pada
Containing 55 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Sadhana Pada, Verse 1
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तपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः
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tapaḥ svādhyāya Īśvarapraṇidhānāni kriyāyogaḥ
"Austerity, study of the psyche, profound religious meditation on the Supreme Lord is the dynamic kriya yoga practice."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 2
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समाधिभावनार्थः क्लेशतनूकरणार्थश्च
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samādhi bhāvanārthaḥ kleśa tanūkaraṇārthaś ca
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 3
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अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लेशाः
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avidyā asmitā rāga dveṣa abhiniveśaḥ pañca kleśāḥ
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 4
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अविद्या क्षेत्रमुत्तरेषां प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम्
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avidyā kṣetram uttareṣāṁ prasupta tanu vicchina udārāṇām
"Spiritual ignorance is the existential environment for the other afflictions, in their dormant, reduced, periodic or expanded stages."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 5
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अनित्याशुचिदुःखानात्मसु नित्यशुचिसुखात्मख्यातिरविद्या
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anitya aśuci duḥka anātmasu nitya śuci sukha ātma khyātiḥ avidyā
"Spiritual ignorance is exhibited when what is temporary, impure, distressful and mundane, is identified as being eternal, pure, joyful and spiritual respectively."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 6
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दृग्दर्शनशक्त्योरेकात्मतेवास्मिता
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dṛg darśanaśaktyoḥ ekātmatā iva asmitā
"Mistaken identity occurs when the supernatural vision and what is seen through it seems to be identical."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 7
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सुखानुशयी रागः
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sukha anuśayī rāgaḥ
"Craving results from a devoted attachment to happiness."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 8
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दुःखानुशयी द्वेषः
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duḥkha anuśayi dveṣaḥ
"Impulsive emotional disaffection results from a devoted attachment to distress."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 9
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स्वरसवाही विदुषोऽपि तथारूढोऽभिनिवेशः
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svarasavāhī viduṣaḥ ’pi tatha rūḍho ‘bhiniveśaḥ
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 10
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ते प्रतिप्रसवहेयाः सूक्ष्माः
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te pratiprasavaheyāḥ sūkṣmāḥ
"These subtle motivations are to be abandoned by reverting their expressions backwards."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 11
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ध्यानहेयास्तद्वृत्तयः
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dhyānaheyāḥ tadvṛttayaḥ
"Their vibrational modes are to be abandoned or ceased by the effortless linkage of the attention to a higher concentration force or person."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 12
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क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः
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kleśamūlaḥ karmāśayaḥ dṛṣṭa adṛṣṭa janma vedanīyaḥ
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 13
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सति मूले तद्विपाको जात्यायुर्भोगाः
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sati mūle tadvipākaḥ jāti āyuḥ bhogāḥ
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 14
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ते ह्लादपरितापफलाः पुण्यापुण्यहेतुत्वात्
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te hlāda paritāpa phalāḥ puṇya apuṇya hetutvāt
"They produce happiness and distress as results, on the basis of merit and demerits."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 15
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परिणामतापसंस्कारदुःखैर्गुणवृत्तिविरोधाच्च दुःखमेव सर्वं विवेकिनः
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pariṇāma tāpa saṁskāra duḥkaiḥ guṇavṛtti virodhāt ca duḥkham eva sarvaṁ vivekinaḥ
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 16
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हेयं दुःखमनागतम्
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heyaṁ duḥkham anāgatam
"Distress which is not manifested is to be avoided."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 17
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द्रष्टृदृश्ययोः संयोगो हेयहेतुः
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draṣṭṛdṛśyayoḥ saṁyogo heyahetuḥ
"The cause which is to be avoided is the indiscriminate association of the observer and what is perceived."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 18
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प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम्
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prakāśa kriyā sthiti śīlaṁ bhūtendriyātmakaṁ bhogāpavargārthaṁ dṛśyam
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 19
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विशेषाविशेषलिङ्गमात्रालिङ्गानि गुणपर्वाणि
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viśeṣa aviśeṣa liṅgamātra aliṅgāni guṇaparvāṇi
"The phases of the influences of material nature are those which are specific, regular, indicated or not indicated."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 20
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द्रष्टा दृशिमात्रः शुद्धोऽपि प्रत्ययानुपश्यः
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draṣṭā dṛśimātraḥ śuddhaḥ api pratyayānupaśyaḥ
"The perceiver is the pure extent of his consciousness but his conviction is patterned by what is perceived."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 21
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तदर्थ एव दृश्यस्यात्मा
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tadarthaḥ eva dṛśyasya ātma
"The individual spirit who is involved in what is seen, exists here for that purpose only."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 22
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कृतार्थं प्रति नष्टमप्यनष्टं तदन्यसाधारणत्वात्
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kṛtārthaṁ prati naṣṭam api anaṣṭaṁ tadanya sādhāraṇatvāt
"It is not effective for one to whom its purpose is fulfilled but it has a common effect on the others."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 23
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स्वस्वामिशक्त्योः स्वरूपोपलब्धिहेतुः संयोगः
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sva svāmiśaktyoḥ svarūpa upalabdhi hetuḥ saṁyogaḥ
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 24
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तस्य हेतुरविद्या
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tasya hetuḥ avidyā
"The cause of the conjunction is spiritual ignorance"
Sadhana Pada, Verse 25
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तदभावात् संयोगाभावो हानं तद्दृशेः कैवल्यम्
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tad abhāvāt saṁyogā abhāvaḥ hānaṁ taddṛśeḥ kaivalyam
"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"
Sadhana Pada, Verse 26
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विवेकख्यातिरविप्लवा हानोपायः
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vivekakhyātiḥ aviplavā hānopāyaḥ
"The method for avoiding that spiritual ignorance is the establishment of continuous discriminative insight."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 27
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तस्य सप्तधा प्रान्तभूमिः प्रज्ञा
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tasya saptadhā prāntabhūmiḥ prajñā
"Concerning the development of his discriminative insight, there are seven stages."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 28
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योगाङ्गानुष्ठानादशुद्धिक्षये ज्ञानदीप्तिरा विवेकख्यातेः
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yogā ṅgānuṣṭhānāt aśuddhikṣaye jñānadīptiḥ āvivekakhyāteḥ
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 29
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि
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yama niyama āsana prāṇāyāma pratyāhāra dhāraṇā dhyāna samādhayaḥ aṣṭau aṅgāni
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 30
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः
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ahiṁsā satya asteya brahmacarya aparigrahāḥ yamāḥ
"Non-violence, realism, non-stealing, sexual non-expressiveness which results in the perception of spirituality (brahman) and non-possessiveness, are the moral restraints."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 31
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जातिदेशकालसमयानवच्छिन्नाः सार्वभौमा महाव्रतम्
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jāti deśa kāla samaya anavacchinnāḥ sārvabhaumāḥ mahāvratam
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 32
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शौचसन्तोषतपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि नियमाः
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śauca saṅtoṣa tapaḥ svādhyāya īśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamāḥ
"Purification, contentment, austerity and profound religious meditation on the Supreme Lord are the recommended behaviors."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 33
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वितर्कबाधने प्रतिपक्षभावनम्
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vitarkabādhane pratipakṣabhāvanam
"In the case of the annoyance produced by doubts, one should conceive of what is opposite."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 34
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वितर्का हिंसादयः कृतकारितानुमोदिता लोभक्रोधमोहपूर्वका मृदुमध्याधिमात्रा दुःखाज्ञानानन्तफला इति प्रतिपक्षभावनम्
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vitarkaḥ hiṁsādayaḥ kṛta kārita anumoditāḥ lobha krodha moha pūrvakaḥ mṛdu madhya adhimātraḥ duḥkha ajñāna anantaphalāḥ iti pratipakṣabhāvanam
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 35
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अहिंसाप्रतिष्ठायां तत्सन्निधौ वैरत्यागः
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ahiṁsāpratiṣṭhāyāṁ tatsannidhau vairatyāgaḥ
"On being firmly established in non-violence, the abandonment of hostility occurs in his presence."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 36
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सत्यप्रतिष्ठायां क्रियाफलाश्रयत्वम्
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satyapratiṣṭhāyāṁ kriyāphalāśrayatvam
"On being established in realism, his actions serve as a basis for results."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 37
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अस्तेयप्रतिष्ठायां सर्वरत्नोपस्थानम्
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asteyapratiṣṭhāyāṁ sarvaratnopasthānam
"On being firmly established in non-sealing, all precious things wait to serve a yogin."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 38
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ब्रह्मचर्यप्रतिष्ठायां वीर्यलाभः
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brahmacaryapratiṣṭhāyāṁ vīryalābhaḥ
"On being firmly established in the sexual non-expressiveness, which results in the perception of spirituality, vigor is gained."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 39
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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथन्तासम्बोधः
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aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtā saṁbodhaḥ
"In being consistent in non possessiveness, there is manifested the reason and the correct perception regarding one’s birth."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 40
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शौचात् स्वाङ्गजुगुप्सा परैरसंसर्गः
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śaucāt svāṅgajugupsā paraiḥ asaṁsargaḥ
"From purification comes a disgust for one’s own body and a lack of desire to associate with others."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 41
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सत्त्वशुद्धिसौमनस्यैकाग्र्येन्द्रियजयात्मदर्शनयोग्यत्वानि च
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sattvaśuddhi saumanasya ekāgra indriyajaya ātmadarśana yogyatvāni ca
"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."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 42
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सन्तोषादनुत्तमसुखलाभः
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saṅtoṣāt anuttamaḥ sukhalābhaḥ
"From contentment, the very best in happiness is obtained."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 43
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कायेन्द्रियसिद्धिरशुद्धिक्षयात् तपसः
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kāya indriya siddhiḥ aśuddhikṣayāt tapasaḥ
"Austerity, resulting in the elimination of impurity produces perfection of the body and sensual energy"
Sadhana Pada, Verse 44
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स्वाध्यायाद् इष्टदेवतासम्प्रयोगः
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svādhyāyāt iṣṭadevatā saṁprayogaḥ
"From study of the psyche, comes intimate contact with the cherished divine being."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 45
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समाधिसिद्धिरीश्वरप्रणिधानात्
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samādhisiddhiḥ īśvarapraṇidhānāt
"From the profound religious meditation upon the Supreme Lord comes the perfection of continuous effortless linkage of the attention to that Divinity."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 46
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स्थिरसुखम् आसनम्
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sthira sukham āsanam
"The posture should be steady and comfortable."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 47
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प्रयत्नशैथिल्यानन्तसमापत्तिभ्याम्
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prayatna śaithilya ananta samāpattibhyām
"It results in relaxation of effort and the meeting with the infinite."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 48
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ततो द्वन्द्वानभिघातः
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tataḥ dvandvāḥ anabhighātaḥ
"From then on, there are no botherations from the dualities like happiness and distress, heat and cold."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 49
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तस्मिन्सति श्वासप्रश्वासयोर्गतिविच्छेदः प्राणायामः
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tasmin satiśvāsa praśvāsayoḥ gativicchedaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ
"Once this is accomplished, breath regulation, which is the separation of the flow of inhalation and exhalation, is attained."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 50
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बाह्याभ्यन्तरस्तम्भवृत्तिर्देशकालसङ्ख्याभिः परिदृष्टो दीर्घसूक्ष्मः
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bāhya ābhyantara stambha vṛttiḥ deśa kāla saṁkhyābhiḥ paridṛṣṭah dīrgha sūkṣmaḥ
"It has internal, external and restrictive operations, which are regulated according to the place, time and accounting, being prolonged or hardly noticed."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 51
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बाह्याभ्यन्तरविषयाक्षेपी चतुर्थः
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bāhya ābhyantara viṣaya ākṣepī caturthaḥ
"That which transcends the objective external and internal breath regulation is the fourth type of pranayama."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 52
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ततः क्षीयते प्रकाशावरणम्
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tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśa āvaraṇam
"From that is dissipated, the mental darkness which veils the light,"
Sadhana Pada, Verse 53
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धारणासु च योग्यता मनसः
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dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ
". and from that, is attained the state of the mind for linking the attention to a higher concentration force or person."
Sadhana Pada, Verse 54
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स्वविषयासम्प्रयोगे चित्तस्वरूपानुकार इवेन्द्रियाणां प्रत्याहारः
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svaviṣaya asaṁprayoge cittasya svarūpāanukāraḥ iva indriyāṇāṁ pratyāhāraḥ
"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"
Sadhana Pada, Verse 55
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ततः परमा वश्यतेन्द्रियाणाम्
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tataḥ paramā vaśyatā indriyāṇām
"From that accomplishment, comes the highest degree of control of the senses."