Containing 56 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
देशबन्धश्चित्तस्य धारणा
deśa bandhaḥ cittasya dhāraṇā
"Linking of the attention to a concentration force or person, involves a restricted location in the mento-emotional energy."
तत्र प्रत्ययैकतानता ध्यानम्
tatra pratyaya ekatānatā dhyānam
"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."
तदेवार्थमात्रनिर्भासं स्वरूपशून्यमिव समाधिः
tadeva arthamātranirbhāsaṁ svarūpaśūnyam iva samādhiḥ
"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"
त्रयमेकत्र संयमः
trayam ekatra saṁyamaḥ
"The three as one practice is the complete restraint"
तज्जयात्प्रज्ञालोकः
tajjayāt prajñālokaḥ
"From the mastery of that complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy, one develops the illuminating insight."
तस्य भूमिषु विनियोगः
tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ
"The practice of this complete restraint occurs in stages."
त्रयमन्तरङ्गं पूर्वेभ्यः
trayam antaraṅgaṁ pūrvebhyaḥ
"In reference to the preliminary stages of yoga, these three higher states concern the psychological organs."
तदपि बहिरङ्गं निर्बीजस्य
tadapi bahiraṅgaṁ nirbījasya
"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."
व्युत्थाननिरोधसंस्कारयोरभिभवप्रादुर्भावौ निरोधक्षणचित्तान्वयो निरोधपरिणामः
vyutthāna nirodha saṁskārayoḥ abhibhava prādurbhāvau nirodhakṣaṇa cittānvayaḥ nirodhapariṇāmaḥ
"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."
तस्य प्रशान्तवाहिता संस्कारात्
tasya praśāntavāhita saṁskārāt
"Concerning this practice of restraint, the impressions derived cause a flow of spiritual peace."
सर्वार्थतैकाग्रतयोः क्षयोदयौ चित्तस्य समाधिपरिणामः
sarvārthatā ekāgratayoḥ kṣaya udayau cittasya samādhipariṇāmaḥ
"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."
ततः पुनः शान्तोदितौ तुल्यप्रत्ययौ चित्तस्यैकाग्रतापरिणामः
tataḥ punaḥśānta uditau tulya pratyayau cittasya ekāgratāpariṇāmaḥ
"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”."
एतेन भूतेन्द्रियेषु धर्मलक्षणावस्थापरिणामा व्याख्याताः
etena bhūtendriyeṣu dharma lakṣaṇa avasthā pariṇāmāḥ vyākhyātāḥ
"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."
शान्तोदिताव्यपदेश्यधर्मानुपाती धर्मी
śānta udita avyapadeśya dharma anupātī dharmī
"When the collapsed, emergent and latent forces reach full retrogression, that is the most basic condition."
क्रमान्यत्वं परिणामान्यत्वे हेतुः
karma anyatvaṁ pariṇāma anyatve hetuḥ
"The cause of a difference in the transformation is the difference in the sequential changes."
परिणामत्रयसंयमाद् अतीतानागतज्ञानम्
pariṇāmatraya saṁyamāt atīta anāgatajñānam
"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."
शब्दार्थप्रत्ययानामितरेतराध्यासात् सङ्करस्तत्प्रविभागसंयमात्सर्वभूतरुतज्ञानम्
śabda artha pratyayānām itaretarādhyāsāt saṅkaraḥ tatpravibhāga saṁyamāt sarvabhūta rutajñānam
"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."
संस्कारसाक्षात्करणात्पूर्वजातिज्ञानम्
saṁskāra sākṣātkaraṇāt pūrvajātijñānam
"From direct intuitive perception of the subtle impressions stored in the memory, the yogi gains knowledge of previous lives."
प्रत्ययस्य परचित्तज्ञानम्
pratyayasya paracittajñānam
"A yogi can know the contents of the mental and emotional energy in the mind of others."
न च तत्सालम्बनं तस्याविषयीभूतत्वात्
na ca tat sālambanaṁ tasya aviṣayī bhūtatvāt
"And he does not check a factor which is the support of that content, for it is not the actual object in question."
कायरूपसंयमात्तद्ग्राह्यशक्तिस्तम्भे चक्षुःप्रकाशासम्प्रयोगेऽन्तर्धानम्
kāya rūpa saṁyamāt tadgrāhyaśakti stambhe cakṣuḥ prakāśa asaṁprayoge antardhānam
"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."
एतेन शब्दाद्यन्तर्धानमुक्तम्
etena śabdādi antardhānam uktam
"By this method, sound and the related sensual pursuits, may be restrained, which results in the related perceptibility"
सोपक्रमं निरुपक्रमं च कर्म तत्संयमादपरान्तज्ञानमरिष्टेभ्यो वा
sopakramaṁ nirupakramaṁ ca karma tatsaṁyamādaparāntajñānamariṣṭebhyo vā
"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."
मैत्र्यादिषु बलानि
maitryādiṣu balāni
"By complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to friendliness he develops that very same power"
बलेषु हस्तिबलादीनि
baleṣu hasti balādīni
"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."
प्रवृत्त्यालोकन्यासात्सूक्ष्मव्यवहितविप्रकृष्टज्ञानम्
pravṛitti āloka nyāsāt sūkṣma vyavahita viprakṛṣṭajñānam
"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."
भुवनज्ञानं सूर्ये संयमात्
bhuvanajñānaṁ sūrye saṁyamāt
"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."
चन्द्रे ताराव्यूहज्ञानम्
candre tārāvyūhajñānam
"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"
ध्रुवे तद्गतिज्ञानम्
dhruve tadgatijñānam
"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."
नाभिचक्रे कायव्यूहज्ञानम्
nābhicakre kāyavyūhajñānam
"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."