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Yoga Sūtra 1: On the experience of absolute unity (samādhi)

Patañjali begins his Yoga Sūtra with the basics: learning to distinguish your perception from your essence. This will allow you to immerse yourself in an experience of absolute unity (samādhi).

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PYS 1.1: Beginn der Yogalehre
PYS 1.1: Beginn der Yogalehre

Yogaśāstra 1.1: Now the Teaching of Yoga Begins

`Atha` opens the teaching; the Bhāṣya defines yoga as samādhi and distinguishes absorption with cognition from the complete cessation of all vṛtti.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.1
atha yogānuśāsanam ||1||
Now (atha) [begins] the exposition of the teaching on yoga (yogānuśāsanam | nom sg).
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PYS 1.2–4: Anhalten der Vṛtti
PYS 1.2–4: Anhalten der Vṛtti

Yogaśāstra 1.2–4: Citta-Nirodha and Puruṣa

Yoga is the cessation of citta-vṛtti. Then the seer abides in its own form; otherwise the seer's activity appears identical with the vṛtti.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.2
yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ ||2||
Yoga (yogaḥ | nom sg) [is] the suppression of the fluctuations of Citta [the inner cognitive organ] (citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ | nom sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.3
tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe 'vasthānam ||3||
Then (tadā) [there is] the abiding (avasthānam | nom sg) of the Seer (draṣṭuḥ | gen sg) in his own form (svarūpe | loc sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.4
vṛtti-sārūpyam itaratra ||4||
Otherwise (itaratra), [for the Seer there is] conformity with the fluctuations [of Citta] (vṛtti-sārūpyam | nom sg).
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PYS 1.5–11: Die fünf Vṛtti
PYS 1.5–11: Die fünf Vṛtti

Yogaśāstra 1.5–11: Activities of Citta

Valid cognition, error, conceptual construction, sleep, and memory are the five afflicted or unafflicted citta-vṛtti.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.5
vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ ||5||
The fluctuations (vṛttayaḥ | nom pl) are fivefold (pañcatayyaḥ | nom pl f) [and each is] afflictive or non-afflictive (kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ | nom pl f).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.6
pramāṇa-viparyaya-vikalpa-nidrā-smṛtayaḥ ||6||
Valid cognition, error, conceptual construction, sleep and memory (pramāṇa-viparyaya-vikalpa-nidrā-smṛtayaḥ | nom pl) [are these five fluctuations of Citta].
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.7
pratyakṣānumānāgamāḥ pramāṇāni ||7||
Direct perception, inference and reliable tradition (pratyakṣānumānāgamāḥ | nom pl) [are] means of valid cognition (pramāṇāni | nom pl).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.8
viparyayo mithyā-jñānam atad-rūpa-pratiṣṭham ||8||
Error (viparyayaḥ | nom sg) [is] false cognition (mithyā-jñānam | nom sg) based on a form that is not that [of the object] (atad-rūpa-pratiṣṭham | nom sg n).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.9
śabda-jñānānupātī vastu-śūnyo vikalpaḥ ||9||
Conceptual construction (vikalpaḥ | nom sg) follows cognition from words (śabda-jñānānupātī | nom sg m) and is devoid of a [corresponding] real object (vastu-śūnyaḥ | nom sg m).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.10
abhāva-pratyayālambanā vṛttir nidrā ||10||
Sleep (nidrā | nom sg) [is] a fluctuation of Citta (vṛttiḥ | nom sg) supported by the cognition of absence [of waking and dream contents] (abhāva-pratyayālambanā | nom sg f).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.11
anubhūta-viṣayāsaṃpramoṣaḥ smṛtiḥ ||11||
The non-loss of an experienced object (anubhūta-viṣayāsaṃpramoṣaḥ | nom sg) [is] memory (smṛtiḥ | nom sg).
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PYS 1.12–16: Abhyāsa und Vairāgya
PYS 1.12–16: Abhyāsa und Vairāgya

Yogaśāstra 1.12–16: Paths to Nirodha

Practice steadies the quiet flow of citta; dispassion ends thirst for sense objects, heavenly realms, and finally the guṇas themselves.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.12
abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyāṃ tan-nirodhaḥ ||12||
Through practice and dispassion (abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyām | ins du) [comes] the suppression of those [fluctuations] (tan-nirodhaḥ | nom sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.13
tatra sthitau yatno 'bhyāsaḥ ||13||
Here (tatra), practice (abhyāsaḥ | nom sg) [is] effort (yatnaḥ | nom sg) towards stability [in the stillness of Citta] (sthitau | loc sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.14
sa tu dīrgha-kāla-nairantarya-satkārāsevito dṛḍha-bhūmiḥ ||14||
This [practice] (saḥ | nom sg m), however (tu), when cultivated for a long time, without interruption and with respect (dīrgha-kāla-nairantarya-satkārāsevitaḥ | nom sg m), is firmly grounded (dṛḍha-bhūmiḥ | nom sg m).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.15
dṛṣṭānuśravika-viṣaya-vitṛṣṇasya vaśīkāra-saṃjñā vairāgyam ||15||
The state of awareness designated as mastery (vaśīkāra-saṃjñā | nom sg) of one who no longer thirsts for objects seen or known from tradition (dṛṣṭānuśravika-viṣaya-vitṛṣṇasya | gen sg m) [is] dispassion (vairāgyam | nom sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.16
tat paraṃ puruṣa-khyāter guṇa-vaitṛṣṇyam ||16||
This [dispassion] (tat | nom sg n) [is] higher (param | nom sg n): due to discernment of Puruṣa (puruṣa-khyāteḥ | abl sg), [there is] thirstlessness towards the Guṇas (guṇa-vaitṛṣṇyam | nom sg).
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PYS 1.17–18: Zwei Arten des Samādhi
PYS 1.17–18: Zwei Arten des Samādhi

Yogaśāstra 1.17–18: Samādhi with and without Support

Supported saṃprajñāta-samādhi is differentiated by vitarka, vicāra, ānanda, and asmitā. In asaṃprajñāta all vṛtti cease and only saṃskāras remain.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.17
vitarka-vicārānandāsmitā-rūpānugamāt saṃprajñātaḥ ||17||
[Samādhi] with conscious awareness [of the object] (saṃprajñātaḥ | nom sg m) [arises] by following the forms of gross deliberation, subtle reflection, bliss and I-am-ness (vitarka-vicārānandāsmitā-rūpānugamāt | abl sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.18
virāma-pratyayābhyāsa-pūrvaḥ saṃskāra-śeṣo 'nyaḥ ||18||
The other [Samādhi] (anyaḥ | nom sg m) is preceded by practice of the cognition of cessation (virāma-pratyayābhyāsa-pūrvaḥ | nom sg m) and has impressions as its residue (saṃskāra-śeṣaḥ | nom sg).
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PYS 1.19–22: Zwei Zugänge
PYS 1.19–22: Zwei Zugänge

Yogaśāstra 1.19–22: Mode of Existence and Method

For bodiless beings and those dissolved in prakṛti, the state is conditioned by their mode of existence; other yogins approach it through faith, energy...

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.19
bhava-pratyayo videha-prakṛti-layānām ||19||
[For] the disembodied and those absorbed in Prakṛti (videha-prakṛti-layānām | gen pl), [the other Samādhi] is conditioned by [their] mode of existence (bhava-pratyayaḥ | nom sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.20
śraddhā-vīrya-smṛti-samādhi-prajñā-pūrvaka itareṣām ||20||
[For] the other [yogins] (itareṣām | gen pl m), [this Samādhi] is preceded by faith, energy, memory, Samādhi and insight (śraddhā-vīrya-smṛti-samādhi-prajñā-pūrvakaḥ | nom sg m).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.21
tīvra-saṃvegānām āsannaḥ ||21||
[The attainment of Samādhi] is near (āsannaḥ | nom sg m) for those of keen ardour (tīvra-saṃvegānām | gen pl).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.22
mṛdu-madhyādhimātratvāt tato 'pi viśeṣaḥ ||22||
Because [ardour can be] mild, moderate or extremely intense (mṛdu-madhyādhimātratvāt | abl sg), there is further (tataḥ) also (api) a gradation (viśeṣaḥ | nom sg).
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PYS 1.23–26: Īśvara
PYS 1.23–26: Īśvara

Yogaśāstra 1.23–26: The Special Puruṣa

Devotion to Īśvara brings samādhi near. Īśvara is an ever-free puruṣa untouched by kleśas and karma, omniscient and a teacher beyond time.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.23
īśvara-praṇidhānād vā ||23||
Or (vā), through devotion to Īśvara (īśvara-praṇidhānāt | abl sg), [Samādhi is attained].
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.24
kleśa-karma-vipākāśayair aparāmṛṣṭaḥ puruṣa-viśeṣa īśvaraḥ ||24||
Īśvara (īśvaraḥ | nom sg) [is] a special Puruṣa (puruṣa-viśeṣaḥ | nom sg), untouched (aparāmṛṣṭaḥ | nom sg m) by afflictions, karmic actions, fruition and latent deposits (kleśa-karma-vipākāśayaiḥ | ins pl).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.25
tatra niratiśayaṃ sarva-jña-bījam ||25||
In him (tatra) [is] the unsurpassed (niratiśayam | nom sg n) seed of omniscience (sarva-jña-bījam | nom sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.26
pūrveṣām api guruḥ kālenānavacchedāt ||26||
[Īśvara is] also (api) the teacher (guruḥ | nom sg) of the earlier [teachers] (pūrveṣām | gen pl m), because of his non-limitation (anavacchedāt | abl sg) by time (kālena | ins sg).
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PYS 1.27–29: Praṇava
PYS 1.27–29: Praṇava

Yogaśāstra 1.27–29: Īśvara's Designation

Praṇava designates Īśvara. Reciting it and contemplating Īśvara make citta one-pointed, remove obstacles, and reveal one's own puruṣa.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.27
tasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ ||27||
His (tasya | gen sg m) designator (vācakaḥ | nom sg m) [is] the Praṇava [the syllable OM] (praṇavaḥ | nom sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.28
taj-japas tad-artha-bhāvanam ||28||
The recitation of this [Praṇava] (taj-japaḥ | nom sg) [and] contemplation of what it designates [Īśvara] (tad-artha-bhāvanam | nom sg) [are to be practised].
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.29
tataḥ pratyak-cetanādhigamo 'py antarāyābhāvaś ca ||29||
From that (tataḥ) [follow] also (api) the attainment of inward-facing consciousness [of Puruṣa] (pratyak-cetanādhigamaḥ | nom sg) and (ca) the absence of obstacles (antarāyābhāvaḥ | nom sg).
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PYS 1.30: Neun Hindernisse
PYS 1.30: Neun Hindernisse

Yogaśāstra 1.30: Distractions of Citta

Illness, languor, doubt, and six further disturbances distract citta; they prevent the attainment and stabilization of the stages of samādhi.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.30
vyādhi-styāna-saṃśaya-pramādālasyāvirati-bhrāntidarśanālabdhabhūmikatvānavasthitatvāni citta-vikṣepās te 'ntarāyāḥ ||30||
Disease, languor, doubt, heedlessness, inertia, sensual intemperance, erroneous view, failure to attain a [Samādhi] stage and failure to remain in an attained stage (vyādhi-styāna-saṃśaya-pramādālasyāvirati-bhrānti-darśanālabdhabhūmikatvānavasthitatvāni | nom pl) [are] distractions of Citta (citta-vikṣepāḥ | nom pl); these (te | nom pl m) [are] obstacles (antarāyāḥ | nom pl).
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PYS 1.31–32: Zerstreuung und Mittel
PYS 1.31–32: Zerstreuung und Mittel

Yogaśāstra 1.31–32: Signs and Remedy

Suffering, dejection, bodily tremor, and disturbed breathing accompany distraction; practice focused on a single reality counteracts it.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.31
duḥkha-daurmanasyāṅgamejayatva-śvāsa-praśvāsā vikṣepa-sahabhuvaḥ ||31||
Pain, despondency, bodily tremor, inhalation and exhalation (duḥkha-daurmanasyāṅgam-ejayatva-śvāsa-praśvāsāḥ | nom pl) [are] concomitants of distraction (vikṣepa-sahabhuvaḥ | nom pl m).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.32
tat-pratiṣedhārtham eka-tattvābhyāsaḥ ||32||
For the purpose of warding them off (tat-pratiṣedhārtham | acc sg), [there is] practice directed towards a single reality (eka-tattvābhyāsaḥ | nom sg).
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PYS 1.33: Klärung des Citta
PYS 1.33: Klärung des Citta

Yogaśāstra 1.33: Four Attitudes toward Living Beings

Friendliness toward the happy, compassion for those who suffer, joy in the virtuous, and equanimity toward the nonvirtuous clarify citta.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.33
maitrī-karuṇā-muditopekṣāṇāṃ sukha-duḥkha-puṇyāpuṇya-viṣayāṇāṃ bhāvanātaś citta-prasādanam ||33||
Through the cultivation (bhāvanātaḥ) of friendliness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity (maitrī-karuṇā-muditopekṣāṇām | gen pl) towards [beings in] happiness, suffering, merit and demerit (sukha-duḥkha-puṇyāpuṇya-viṣayāṇām | gen pl f), [there arises] the clarification of Citta (citta-prasādanam | nom sg).
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PYS 1.34–39: Sechs Stützen
PYS 1.34–39: Sechs Stützen

Yogaśāstra 1.34–39: Ways to Stabilize Citta

Expelling and retaining the breath, extraordinary sense experience, inner light, a dispassionate citta, dream or sleep knowledge, and a chosen object provide...

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.34
pracchardana-vidhāraṇābhyāṃ vā prāṇasya ||34||
Or (vā), through expulsion and retention (pracchardana-vidhāraṇābhyām | ins du) of the breath (prāṇasya | gen sg), [there arises clarification of Citta].
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.35
viṣayavatī vā pravṛttir utpannā manasaḥ sthiti-nibandhanī ||35||
Or (vā), when arisen (utpannā | nom sg f), sense activity (pravṛttiḥ | nom sg) related to a [sense] object (viṣayavatī | nom sg f) [becomes] stability-securing (sthiti-nibandhanī | nom sg f) for the mind (manasaḥ | gen sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.36
viśokā vā jyotiṣmatī ||36||
Or (vā), [sense activity that is] sorrowless (viśokā | nom sg f) and luminous (jyotiṣmatī | nom sg f) [stabilises the mind].
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.37
vīta-rāga-viṣayaṃ vā cittam ||37||
Or (vā), a Citta (cittam | nom sg) that has as its object [the Citta] of one free from passion (vīta-rāga-viṣayam | nom sg n) [attains stability].
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.38
svapna-nidrā-jñānālambanaṃ vā ||38||
Or (vā), [a Citta] that takes cognition from dream or sleep as its support (svapna-nidrā-jñānālambanam | nom sg) [attains stability].
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.39
yathābhimata-dhyānād vā ||39||
Or (vā), through meditation according to one's preference (yathābhimata-dhyānāt | abl sg), [Citta attains stability].
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PYS 1.40–41: Meisterschaft
PYS 1.40–41: Meisterschaft

Yogaśāstra 1.40–41: Mastery and Samāpatti

Citta gains mastery over objects from the atom to the greatest magnitude. Cleared of its activities, it takes the form of its support like a crystal.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.40
paramāṇu-parama-mahattvānto 'sya vaśīkāraḥ ||40||
The mastery (vaśīkāraḥ | nom sg) of this [yogin] (asya | gen sg m) extends from the smallest atom to the greatest magnitude (paramāṇu-parama-mahattvāntaḥ | nom sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.41
kṣīṇa-vṛtter abhijātasyeva maṇer grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhyeṣu tat-stha-tad-añjanatā samāpattiḥ ||41||
In [a Citta] whose fluctuations have dwindled (kṣīṇa-vṛtteḥ | gen sg n), Samāpatti (samāpattiḥ | nom sg) [consists] – as (iva) in the case of a clear (abhijātasya | gen sg m) jewel (maṇeḥ | gen sg) – in relation to the grasper, the act of grasping or the object to be grasped (grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhyeṣu | loc pl), in resting upon and taking the colour of whichever [factor] is present (tat-stha-tad-añjanatā | nom sg).
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PYS 1.42–43: Grobe Samāpatti
PYS 1.42–43: Grobe Samāpatti

Yogaśāstra 1.42–43: Savitarkā and Nirvitarkā

In savitarkā, word, object, and cognition are mixed. When the corresponding memories are purified, only the gross object appears in nirvitarkā.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.42
tatra śabdārtha-jñāna-vikalpaiḥ saṃkīrṇā savitarkā samāpattiḥ ||42||
Among these (tatra), [the Samāpatti] mixed (saṃkīrṇā | nom sg f) with conceptual constructions of word, object and cognition (śabdārtha-jñāna-vikalpaiḥ | ins pl) [is] Samāpatti with gross deliberation (savitarkā samāpattiḥ | nom sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.43
smṛti-pariśuddhau svarūpa-śūnyevārthamātra-nirbhāsā nirvitarkā ||43||
Upon complete purification of memory (smṛti-pariśuddhau | loc absl sg), [the Samāpatti is] without gross deliberation (nirvitarkā | nom sg f): as if (iva) empty of its own form (svarūpa-śūnyā | nom sg f) and causing the object alone to shine forth (artha-mātra-nirbhāsā | nom sg f).
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PYS 1.44–45: Subtile Samāpatti
PYS 1.44–45: Subtile Samāpatti

Yogaśāstra 1.44–45: Savicārā and Nirvicārā

Samāpatti with and without subtle reflection takes the subtle causal series of the elements as its object, ending in featureless, unmanifest prakṛti.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.44
etayaiva savicārā nirvicārā ca sūkṣma-viṣayā vyākhyātā ||44||
By this (etayā | ins sg f) alone (eva), the [forms of Samāpatti] with subtle reflection (savicārā | nom sg f) and (ca) without subtle reflection (nirvicārā | nom sg f), which have subtle [things] as their objects (sūkṣma-viṣayā | nom sg f), are also explained (vyākhyātā | nom sg f).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.45
sūkṣma-viṣayatvaṃ cāliṅga-paryavasānam ||45||
And (ca) the objecthood of the subtle (sūkṣma-viṣayatvam | nom sg) terminates in the Unmanifest [Prakṛti] (aliṅga-paryavasānam | nom sg).
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PYS 1.46–49: Samādhi mit Keim
PYS 1.46–49: Samādhi mit Keim

Yogaśāstra 1.46–49: Truth-Bearing Insight

The four object-based samāpattis constitute samādhi with seed. In mature nirvicārā an insight arises that directly apprehends the particular.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.46
tā eva sabījaḥ samādhiḥ ||46||
These [four forms of Samāpatti] (tāḥ | nom pl f) alone (eva) [constitute] Samādhi with seed (sabījaḥ samādhiḥ | nom sg).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.47
nirvicāra-vaiśāradye 'dhyātma-prasādaḥ ||47||
Upon consummate clarity in [Samāpatti] without subtle reflection (nirvicāra-vaiśāradye | loc sg), inner clarity (adhyātma-prasādaḥ | nom sg) [arises].
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.48
ṛtaṃbharā tatra prajñā ||48||
There (tatra), the insight (prajñā | nom sg) [is] truth-bearing (ṛtaṃbharā | nom sg f).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.49
śrutānumāna-prajñābhyām anya-viṣayā viśeṣārthatvāt ||49||
Unlike the insights derived from tradition and inference (śrutānumāna-prajñābhyām | abl du), [this insight] is directed to a different object (anya-viṣayā | nom sg f), because it is directed towards the particular (viśeṣārthatvāt | abl sg).
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PYS 1.50–51: Samādhi ohne Keim
PYS 1.50–51: Samādhi ohne Keim

Yogaśāstra 1.50–51: The End of Citta's Task

Samādhi-saṃskāras inhibit the other saṃskāras. When they too cease, citta returns to prakṛti; puruṣa remains alone in kaivalya.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.50
taj-jaḥ saṃskāro 'nya-saṃskāra-pratibandhī ||50||
The impression born from that (taj-jaḥ saṃskāraḥ | nom sg) inhibits other impressions (anya-saṃskāra-pratibandhī | nom sg m).
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Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.51
tasyāpi nirodhe sarva-nirodhān nirbījaḥ samādhiḥ ||51||
When also (api) this [impression born of insight] (tasya | gen sg m) is suppressed (nirodhe | loc sg), because all is suppressed (sarva-nirodhāt | abl sg), [there arises] Samādhi without seed (nirbījaḥ samādhiḥ | nom sg).
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