Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.32
तत्प्रतिषेधार्थमेकतत्त्वाभ्यासः ||32||
For the purpose of warding them off (tat-pratiṣedhārtham | acc sg), [there is] practice directed towards a single reality (eka-tattvābhyāsaḥ | nom sg).
When everything feels scattered, simplify. Choose one principle (eka-tattva), one breath, one movement, or the single next task and stay there for now.
As a remedy, citta should be practiced upon a single reality. The Bhāṣya then offers an extended refutation of the view that citta consists only of momentary cognitions, each confined to one object: if so, every cognition would already be one-pointed and distraction would be impossible. Memory, the experience of fruit from previously accumulated karma, and the continuous self-experience “I” would likewise be inexplicable. The Bhāṣya therefore posits one enduring citta capable of attending to many objects.
For the prevention thereof let one truth be dwelt upon.
For their prevention, exercise on one principle.
Diese (die Zerstreuungen und ihre Begleiterscheinungen) zu beseitigen, dient die Konzentrierung auf eine einzelne Realität [angeblich: auf eines der vierundzwanzig Prinzipien des Sāṃkhya].
To check them [let there be] practice upon a single entity.
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