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Yoga Sutra 4.34
puruṣa-artha-śūnyānāṃ guṇānāṃ pratiprasavaḥ kaivalyaṃ svarūpa-pratiṣṭhā vā citi-śaktih-iti The end of the journey is when the guna-s...


Yoga Sutra 4.32
tataḥ kṛtār-athānaṃ pariṇāma-krama-samāptih-guṇānām Then, having reached the objective the guna-s end These last aphorisms of the Sutra ...


Yoga Sutra 4.29
prasaṃkhyāne-api-akusīdasya sarvathā viveka-khyāteḥ dharmameghah-samādhiḥ Integration into a state of harmony proceeds from the...


Yoga Sutra 4.28
hānam-eṣāṃ kleśavat-uktam They [the other latent disruptions in your mind] are eliminated in the same way If one or more latent...


Yoga Sutra 4.22
citeh-apratisaṃkramāyāḥ-tad-ākāra-āpattau svabuddhi-saṃvedanam your essential nature is consciousness Here Patanjali reiterates the...


Yoga Sutra 4.20
eka-samaye ca-ubhaya-anavadhāraṇam And both cannot be apprehended simultaneously When a mind seizes an object, it is focused on the...


Yoga Sutra 4.17
tad-uparāgā-apekṣitvāt-cittasya vastu jñātā-ajñātaṃ whether or not the object is known depends upon the power of attraction and the...


Yoga Sutra 4.16
na ca-eka citta-tantraṃ ced-vastu tad-apramāṇakaṃ tadā kiṃ-syāt and this object does not depend for its existence on one mind, because if...


Yoga Sutra 3.48
tataḥ manaḥ-javitvaṃ vikaraṇa-bhāvaḥ pradhāna-jayaḥ-ca An exceptional alertness of mind, extra-sensory perception and mastery if root...


Yoga Sutra 3.46
rūpa-lāvaṇya-bala-vajra-saṃhananatvāni kaya-saṃpat Bodily perfection is expressed in beautiful features and habits, grace, elegance,...


Yoga Sutra 3.44
Sthūla-svarūpa-sūkṣmā-anvaya-arthavattva-saṃyamāt-bhūtajayaḥ There is mastery over the elements through saṃyamā on the form of objects:...


Yoga Sutra 3.35
sattva-puruṣāyoḥ atyantā-saṁkīrṇayoḥ pratyayāviśeṣo-bhogaḥ parārthāt-sva-arthasaṁyamāt puruṣa-jñānam Experience of the world is an...


Yoga Sutra 3.28
dhruve tad-gati-jñānam Knowledge of the movement of the stars comes from saṁyama on the Pole-Star. In this Sutra the fixed polestar is...


Yoga Sutra 3.25
pravṛtti-āloka-nyāsāt-sūkṣma-vyavahita-viprakṛṣṭa-jñānam Distant, latent, subtle or hidden matters [are discovered through] on ritual...


Yoga Sutra 3.17
śabda-artha-pratyayānām-itaretara-adhyāsāt-saṃkaraḥ-tat-pravibhāga-saṃyamāt-sarva-bhūta-rūta-jñānam There is a natural confusion of...


Yoga Sutra 3.15
krama-anyatvaṁ pariṇāma-anyatve hetuḥ Different steps result in distinct changes Patañjali tells us that every change is the result or...


Yoga sutra 3.11
sarva-arthatā-ekāgratayoḥ kṣaya-udayau cittasya samādhi-pariṇāmaḥ The transformation to being “completely absorbed” occurs when your mind...


Yoga Sutra 3.10
tasya praśānta-vāhitā saṁskārāt Because of this profound tendency, a consistent practise flows from it All the practises described by...


Yoga Sutra 3.08
tadapi bahir-aṅgaṁ nirbījasya Even these last three limbs are external when compared to a “seedless” state. No matter how subtle or...


Yoga Sutra 3.06
tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ Application of this depends upon the level you have reached This practice needs to regard the different stages...
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