Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 2.47
प्रयत्नशैथिल्यानन्तसमापत्तिभ्याम् ||47||
Through relaxation of effort and absorption in Ananta (prayatna-śaithilyānanta-samāpattibhyām | ins du), [the seated posture is perfected].
Release unnecessary effort within the posture (prayatna-śaithilya) without losing its support. Then sense the spaciousness into which your body breathes (ananta-samāpatti).
Āsana is perfected by the cessation of effort, so that the limbs no longer tremble, or by citta becoming absorbed in Ananta.
prayatnaśaithilyānantasamāpattibhyām ] prayatnaśaithilyānantyasamāpattibhyām PM2018
ananta may mean “the Infinite” or name the serpent king Ananta. The critical partial edition PM2018 instead reads the abstract noun ānantya, “infinity,” excluding the personal Ananta interpretation at sūtra level. This is therefore a substantial interpretive variant. The fully checked Desikachar witness TKVD2019 and the Āgāśe-based KYM view KYMV2026 explicitly preserve ananta, while the existing working translation remains based on PE1904.
Through slightness of effort and through attaining to the infinite (Do ‘Postures’ become steady and pleasant).
By slackening of effort, and the contemplation of the infinite.
indem man die Spannung lockert und sich zum Unendlichen erhebt.
By relaxation of effort or by a [mental] state-of-balance with reference to Ananta—
Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 2.48
ततो द्वंद्वानभिघातः ||48||
From this (tataḥ | adv) [arises] freedom from assault by the pairs of opposites (dvandvānabhighātaḥ | nom sg).
When a posture becomes both steady and at ease, opposites lose some of their power (dvandva). Explore strength and yielding, inside and outside, without needing one side to defeat the other.
After mastering āsana, the yogin is no longer overpowered by opposites such as cold and heat.
Thence there is no assault by the pairs.
Thence, Non-Embarrasment by the pairs (of opposites).
Dann erfolgt Unbetroffensein von den Gegensätzen [wie Hitze, Kälte, Lust und Schmerz usw.]
Thereafter he is unassailed by extremes.
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