DharmaPragya

DharmaPragya

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada

Containing 56 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 1

Verse 1 of 56

SANSKRIT TEXT

देशबन्धश्चित्तस्य धारणा

TRANSLITERATION

deśa bandhaḥ cittasya dhāraṇā

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Linking of the attention to a concentration force or person, involves a restricted location in the mento-emotional energy."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 2

Verse 2 of 56

SANSKRIT TEXT

तत्र प्रत्ययैकतानता ध्यानम्

TRANSLITERATION

tatra pratyaya ekatānatā dhyānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"When in that location, there is one continuous threadlike flow of one’s instinctive interest that is the effortless linking of the attention to a higher concentration force or person."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 3

Verse 3 of 56

SANSKRIT TEXT

तदेवार्थमात्रनिर्भासं स्वरूपशून्यमिव समाधिः

TRANSLITERATION

tadeva arthamātranirbhāsaṁ svarūpaśūnyam iva samādhiḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"That same effortless linkage of the attention when experienced as illumination of the higher concentration force or person, while the yogi feels as if devoid of himself, is samadhi or continuous effortless linkage of his attention to the special person, object, or force"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 4

Verse 4 of 56

SANSKRIT TEXT

त्रयमेकत्र संयमः

TRANSLITERATION

trayam ekatra saṁyamaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The three as one practice is the complete restraint"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 5

Verse 5 of 56

SANSKRIT TEXT

तज्जयात्प्रज्ञालोकः

TRANSLITERATION

tajjayāt prajñālokaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From the mastery of that complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy, one develops the illuminating insight."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 6

Verse 6 of 56

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तस्य भूमिषु विनियोगः

TRANSLITERATION

tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The practice of this complete restraint occurs in stages."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 7

Verse 7 of 56

SANSKRIT TEXT

त्रयमन्तरङ्गं पूर्वेभ्यः

TRANSLITERATION

trayam antaraṅgaṁ pūrvebhyaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"In reference to the preliminary stages of yoga, these three higher states concern the psychological organs."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 8

Verse 8 of 56

SANSKRIT TEXT

तदपि बहिरङ्गं निर्बीजस्य

TRANSLITERATION

tadapi bahiraṅgaṁ nirbījasya

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"But even that initial mastership of the three higher stages of yoga, is external in reference to meditation, which is not motivated by the mento-emotional energy."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 9

Verse 9 of 56

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व्युत्थाननिरोधसंस्कारयोरभिभवप्रादुर्भावौ निरोधक्षणचित्तान्वयो निरोधपरिणामः

TRANSLITERATION

vyutthāna nirodha saṁskārayoḥ abhibhava prādurbhāvau nirodhakṣaṇa cittānvayaḥ nirodhapariṇāmaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"When the connection with the mento-emotional energy momentarily ceases during the manifestation and disappearance phases when there is expression or suppression of the impressions, that is the restraint of the transforming mento-emotional energy."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 10

Verse 10 of 56

SANSKRIT TEXT

तस्य प्रशान्तवाहिता संस्कारात्

TRANSLITERATION

tasya praśāntavāhita saṁskārāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Concerning this practice of restraint, the impressions derived cause a flow of spiritual peace."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 11

Verse 11 of 56

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सर्वार्थतैकाग्रतयोः क्षयोदयौ चित्तस्य समाधिपरिणामः

TRANSLITERATION

sarvārthatā ekāgratayoḥ kṣaya udayau cittasya samādhipariṇāmaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The decrease of varying objectives in the mento-emotional energy and the increase of the one aspect within it, is the change noticed in the practice of continuous effortless linking of the attention to higher concentration forces, objects or persons."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 12

Verse 12 of 56

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ततः पुनः शान्तोदितौ तुल्यप्रत्ययौ चित्तस्यैकाग्रतापरिणामः

TRANSLITERATION

tataḥ punaḥśānta uditau tulya pratyayau cittasya ekāgratāpariṇāmaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Then again, when the mind’s content is the same as it was when it is subsiding and when it is emerging, that is the transformation called “having one aspect in front of, or before the attention”."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 13

Verse 13 of 56

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एतेन भूतेन्द्रियेषु धर्मलक्षणावस्थापरिणामा व्याख्याताः

TRANSLITERATION

etena bhūtendriyeṣu dharma lakṣaṇa avasthā pariṇāmāḥ vyākhyātāḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By this description of changes, quality and shape, the changing conditions of the various states of matter as well as those of the sensual energy, was described."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 14

Verse 14 of 56

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शान्तोदिताव्यपदेश्यधर्मानुपाती धर्मी

TRANSLITERATION

śānta udita avyapadeśya dharma anupātī dharmī

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"When the collapsed, emergent and latent forces reach full retrogression, that is the most basic condition."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 15

Verse 15 of 56

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क्रमान्यत्वं परिणामान्यत्वे हेतुः

TRANSLITERATION

karma anyatvaṁ pariṇāma anyatve hetuḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The cause of a difference in the transformation is the difference in the sequential changes."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 16

Verse 16 of 56

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परिणामत्रयसंयमाद् अतीतानागतज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

pariṇāmatraya saṁyamāt atīta anāgatajñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in terms of the three-fold transformations within it, the yogi gets information about the past and future."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 17

Verse 17 of 56

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शब्दार्थप्रत्ययानामितरेतराध्यासात् सङ्करस्तत्प्रविभागसंयमात्सर्वभूतरुतज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

śabda artha pratyayānām itaretarādhyāsāt saṅkaraḥ tatpravibhāga saṁyamāt sarvabhūta rutajñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to mental clarity, regarding the intermixture resulting from the superimposition one for the other, of sound, it’s meaning and the related mentality, knowledge about the language of all creatures is gained."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 18

Verse 18 of 56

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संस्कारसाक्षात्करणात्पूर्वजातिज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

saṁskāra sākṣātkaraṇāt pūrvajātijñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From direct intuitive perception of the subtle impressions stored in the memory, the yogi gains knowledge of previous lives."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 19

Verse 19 of 56

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प्रत्ययस्य परचित्तज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

pratyayasya paracittajñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"A yogi can know the contents of the mental and emotional energy in the mind of others."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 20

Verse 20 of 56

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न च तत्सालम्बनं तस्याविषयीभूतत्वात्

TRANSLITERATION

na ca tat sālambanaṁ tasya aviṣayī bhūtatvāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"And he does not check a factor which is the support of that content, for it is not the actual object in question."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 21

Verse 21 of 56

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कायरूपसंयमात्तद्ग्राह्यशक्तिस्तम्भे चक्षुःप्रकाशासम्प्रयोगेऽन्तर्धानम्

TRANSLITERATION

kāya rūpa saṁyamāt tadgrāhyaśakti stambhe cakṣuḥ prakāśa asaṁprayoge antardhānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to the shape of the body, on the suspension of the receptive energy, there is no contact between light and vision, which results in invisibility."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 22

Verse 22 of 56

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एतेन शब्दाद्यन्तर्धानमुक्तम्

TRANSLITERATION

etena śabdādi antardhānam uktam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By this method, sound and the related sensual pursuits, may be restrained, which results in the related perceptibility"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 23

Verse 23 of 56

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सोपक्रमं निरुपक्रमं च कर्म तत्संयमादपरान्तज्ञानमरिष्टेभ्यो वा

TRANSLITERATION

sopakramaṁ nirupakramaṁ ca karma tatsaṁyamādaparāntajñānamariṣṭebhyo vā

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to current and destined cultural activities results in knowledge of entry into the hereafter. Or the same result is gained by the complete restraint in relation to portents."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 24

Verse 24 of 56

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मैत्र्यादिषु बलानि

TRANSLITERATION

maitryādiṣu balāni

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to friendliness he develops that very same power"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 25

Verse 25 of 56

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बलेषु हस्तिबलादीनि

TRANSLITERATION

baleṣu hasti balādīni

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to strength, the yogin acquires the strength of an elephant. The same applies to other aspects."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 26

Verse 26 of 56

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प्रवृत्त्यालोकन्यासात्सूक्ष्मव्यवहितविप्रकृष्टज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

pravṛitti āloka nyāsāt sūkṣma vyavahita viprakṛṣṭajñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From the application of supernatural insight to the force producing cultural activities, a yogi gets information about what is subtle, concealed and what is remote from him."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 27

Verse 27 of 56

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भुवनज्ञानं सूर्ये संयमात्

TRANSLITERATION

bhuvanajñānaṁ sūrye saṁyamāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to the sun god or the sun planet, knowledge of the solar system is gained."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 28

Verse 28 of 56

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चन्द्रे ताराव्यूहज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

candre tārāvyūhajñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy, in reference to the moon or moon-god, the yogi gets knowledge about the system of stars"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 29

Verse 29 of 56

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ध्रुवे तद्गतिज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

dhruve tadgatijñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to the Pole Star, a yogi can know of the course of planets and stars."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 30

Verse 30 of 56

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नाभिचक्रे कायव्यूहज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

nābhicakre kāyavyūhajñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to the focusing on the navel-energy-gyrating center, the yogi gets knowledge about the layout of his body."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 31

Verse 31 of 56

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कण्ठकूपे क्षुत्पिपासानिवृत्तिः

TRANSLITERATION

kaṇṭhakūpe kṣutpipāsā nivṛttiḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in focusing on the gullet, a yogi causes the suppression of hunger and thirst."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 32

Verse 32 of 56

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कूर्मनाड्यां स्थैर्यम्

TRANSLITERATION

kūrmanāḍyāṃ sthairyam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in focusing on the kurmanadi subtle nerve, a yogi acquires steadiness of his psyche."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 33

Verse 33 of 56

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मूर्धज्योतिषि सिद्धदर्शनम्

TRANSLITERATION

mūrdhajyotiṣi siddhadarśanam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy as it is focused on the shinning light in the head of the subtle body, a yogi gets views of the perfected beings."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 34

Verse 34 of 56

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प्रातिभाद्वा सर्वम्

TRANSLITERATION

prātibhāt vā sarvam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy while focusing on the shining organ of divination in the head of the subtle body, the yogin gets the ability to know all reality."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 35

Verse 35 of 56

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हृदये चित्तसंवित्

TRANSLITERATION

hṛdaye cittasaṃvit

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy as it is focused on the causal body in the vicinity of the chest, the yogi gets thorough insight into the cause of the mental and emotional energy."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 36

Verse 36 of 56

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सत्त्वपुरुषयोरत्यन्तासङ्कीर्णयोः प्रत्ययाविशेषो भोगः परार्थत्वात्स्वार्थसंयमात्पुरुषज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

sattva puruṣayoḥ atyantāsaṃkīrṇayoḥ pratyaya aviśeṣaḥ bhogaḥ parārthatvāt svārthasaṃyamāt puruṣajñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Experience results from the inability to distinguish between the individual spirit and the intelligence energy of material nature, even though they are very distinct. By complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy while focusing on self-interest distinct from the other interest, a yogi gets knowledge of the individual spirit."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 37

Verse 37 of 56

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ततः प्रातिभश्रावणवेदनादर्शास्वादवार्ता जायन्ते

TRANSLITERATION

tataḥ prātibha śrāvaṇa vedana ādarśa āsvāda vārtāḥ jāyante

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From that focus is produced smelling, tasting, seeing, touching and hearing, through the shining organ of divination."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 38

Verse 38 of 56

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ते समाधावुपसर्गा व्युत्थाने सिद्धयः

TRANSLITERATION

te samādhau upasargāḥ vyutthāne siddhayaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Those divination skills are obstacles in the practice of continuous effortless linkage of the attention to a higher concentration force, object or person. But in expressing, they are considered as mystic perfectional skills."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 39

Verse 39 of 56

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बन्धकारणशैथिल्यात्प्रचारसंवेदनाच्च चित्तस्य परशरीरावेशः

TRANSLITERATION

bandhakāraṇa śaithilyāt pracāra saṃvedanāt ca cittasya paraśarīrāveśaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The entrance into another body is possible by slackening the cause of bondage and by knowing the channels of the mento-emotional energy."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 40

Verse 40 of 56

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उदानजयाज्जलपङ्ककण्टकादिष्वसङ्ग उत्क्रान्तिश्च

TRANSLITERATION

udānajayāt jala paṇka kaṇṭakādiṣu asaṇgaḥ utkrāntiḥ ca

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By mastery over the air which rises from the throat into the head, a yogi can rise over or not have contact with water, mud or sharp objects."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 41

Verse 41 of 56

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समानजयाज्ज्वलनम्

TRANSLITERATION

samānajayāt jvalanam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By conquest of the samana digestive force, a yogi’s psyche blazes or shines with a fiery glow."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 42

Verse 42 of 56

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श्रोत्राकाशयोः सम्बन्धसंयमाद्दिव्यं श्रोत्रम्

TRANSLITERATION

śrotra ākāśayoḥ saṃbandha saṁyamāt divyaṁ śrotram

Translations (english)
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"By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy, while focusing on the hearing sense and space, a yogin develops supernatural and divine hearing."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 43

Verse 43 of 56

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कायाकाशयोः सम्बन्धसंयमाल्लघुतूल- समापत्तेश्चाकाशगमनम्

TRANSLITERATION

kāya ākāśayoḥ saṁbandha saṁyamāt laghutūlasamāpatteḥ ca ākāśagamanam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy, while linking the mind to the relationship between the body and the sky and linking the attention to being as light as cotton fluff, a yogi acquires the ability to pass through the atmosphere."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 44

Verse 44 of 56

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बहिरकल्पिता वृत्तिर्महाविदेहा ततः प्रकाशावरणक्षयः

TRANSLITERATION

bahiḥ akalpitā vṛttiḥ mahāvidehā tataḥ prakāśa āvaraṇakṣayaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy which is external, which is not formed, a yogi achieves the great bodiless state. From that, the great mental darkness which veils the light, is dissipated."

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Vibhuti Pada, Verse 45

Verse 45 of 56

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स्थूलस्वरूपसूक्ष्मान्वयार्थवत्त्वसंयमाद्भूतजयः

TRANSLITERATION

sthūla svarūpa sūkṣma anvaya arthavatva saṁyamāt bhūtajayaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy, while linking the attention to the gross forms, real nature, subtle distribution and value of states of matter, a yogi gets conquest over them."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 46

Verse 46 of 56

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ततोऽणिमादिप्रादुर्भावः कायसम्पत्तद्धर्मानभिघातश्च

TRANSLITERATION

tataḥ aṇimādi prādurbhāvaḥ kāyasaṁpat taddharma anabhighātaḥ ca

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From minuteness and other related mystic skills come the perfection of the subtle body and the non-obstructions of its functions."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 47

Verse 47 of 56

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रूपलावण्यबलवज्रसंहननत्वानि कायसम्पत्

TRANSLITERATION

rūpa lāvaṇya bala vajra saṁhananatvāni kāyasaṁpat

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Beautiful form, charm, mystic force and diamond-like definition come from the perfection of the subtle body."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 48

Verse 48 of 56

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ग्रहणस्वरूपास्मितान्वयार्थवत्त्वसंयमादिन्द्रियजयः

TRANSLITERATION

grahaṇa svarūpa asmitā anvaya arthavattva saṁyamāt indriyajayaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"From the continuous effortless linkage of the attention to sensual grasping, to the form of the sensual energy, to its identifying powers, to its connection instinct and to its actual worth, a yogi acquires conquest over his relationship with it."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 49

Verse 49 of 56

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ततो मनोजवित्वं विकरणभावः प्रधानजयश्च

TRANSLITERATION

tataḥ manojavitvaṁ vikaraṇabhāvaḥ pradhānajayaḥ ca

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Subsequently, there is conquest over the influence of subtle matter and over the parting away or dispersion of the mento-emotional energy, with the required swiftness of mind."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 50

Verse 50 of 56

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सत्त्वपुरुषान्यताख्यातिमात्रस्य सर्वभावाधिष्ठातृत्वं सर्वज्ञातृत्वं च

TRANSLITERATION

sattva puruṣa anyatā khyātimātrasya sarvabhāva adhiṣṭhātṛtvaṁ sarvajñātṛtvaṁ ca

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Only when there is distinct discrimination between the clarifying perception of material nature and the spiritual personality, does the yogi attain complete disaffection and all-applicative intuition."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 51

Verse 51 of 56

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तद्वैराग्यादपि दोषबीजक्षये कैवल्यम्

TRANSLITERATION

tadvairāgyāt api doṣabījakṣaye kaivalyam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By a lack of interest, even to that (discrimination between the clarifying mundane energy and the self) when the cause of that defect is eliminated, the absolute isolation of the self from the lower psyche of itself, is achieved."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 52

Verse 52 of 56

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स्थान्युपनिमन्त्रणे सङ्गस्मयाकरणं पुनरनिष्टप्रसङ्गात्

TRANSLITERATION

sthānyupanimantraṇe saṅgasmayākaraṇaṁ punaraniṣṭa prasaṅgāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"On being invited by a person from the place one would attain if his body died, a yogi should be non-responsive, not desiring their association and not being fascinated, otherwise that would cause unwanted features of existence to arise again."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 53

Verse 53 of 56

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क्षणतत्क्रमयोः संयमाद्विवेकजं ज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

kṣaṇa tatkramayoḥ samyamāt vivekajam jñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"By the continuous effortless linkage of the attention to the moment and to the sequence of the moments, the yogi has knowledge caused by the subtle discrimination."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 54

Verse 54 of 56

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जातिलक्षणदेशैरन्यतानवच्छेदात् तुल्ययोस्ततः प्रतिपत्तिः

TRANSLITERATION

jāti lakṣaṇa deśaiḥ anyatā anavacchedāt tulyayoḥ tataḥ pratipattiḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Subsequently, the yogi has perception of two similar realties which otherwise could not be sorted due to a lack of definition in terms of their general category, individual characteristic and location"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 55

Verse 55 of 56

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तारकं सर्वविषयं सर्वथाविषयमक्रमञ्चेति विवेकजं ज्ञानम्

TRANSLITERATION

tārakaṁ sarvaviṣayaṁ sarvathāviṣayaṁ akramaṁ ca iti vivekajaṁ jñānam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The distinction caused by subtle discrimination is the crossing over or transcending of all subtle and gross mundane objects in all ways they are presented, without the yogi taking recourse to any other sequential perceptions of mind reliance."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Vibhuti Pada, Verse 56

Verse 56 of 56

SANSKRIT TEXT

सत्त्वपुरुषयोः शुद्धिसाम्ये कैवल्यमिति

TRANSLITERATION

sattva puruṣayoḥ śuddhi sāmye kaivalyam iti

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"When there is equal purity between the intelligence energy of material nature and the spirit, then there is total separation from the mundane psychology."