Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.28
तज्जपस्तदर्थभावनम् ||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].
Repeat OM gently and listen to its vibration for as long as it feels comfortable. Let sound, meaning, and silence work together.
The yogin repeats praṇava and contemplates Īśvara as its meaning. Together these make citta one-pointed. A quoted verse instructs the practitioner to enter yoga from self-recitation and return to self-recitation from yoga; through their union, the highest self becomes manifest.
Its reception (should be made and also) reflection on its signification.
its repetition, and the contemplation of its meaning.
Diesen zu murmeln und seinen Sinn zu überdenken [ist zur Erlangung des bewußten samādhi förderlich].
Repetition of it and reflection upon its meaning [should be made].
Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.29
ततः प्रत्यक्चेतनाधिगमो ऽप्यन्तरायाभावश्च ||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).
When the sound has faded, follow attention inward (pratyak-cetanā). Notice which obstacle has a little less power over you for this moment.
Through īśvara-praṇidhāna, the obstacles beginning with illness first cease to arise. At the same time, the yogin gains vision of his own nature: just as Īśvara is a pure, lucid, isolated, and unafflicted Puruṣa, he realizes his own Puruṣa, which is conscious of the operations of buddhi.
Thence comes the knowledge of the rightly intelligent (spirit) and the absence of obstacles.
Hence the cognition of “reversed perception” and absence of obstacles.
Daraus (aus der Meditation des Om-Lautes) geht ferner auch hervor die Erlangung der Innenwahrnehmung und Beseitigung der Hindernisse [welche der Beruhigung des Cittam entgegenstehen].
Thereafter comes the right-knowledge of him who thinks in an inverse way, and the removal of obstacles.
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