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1.1
Samādhi Pāda

अथ योगानुशासनम्

atha yogānuśāsanam

Translation

"Now, the teachings of yoga [are presented]."

1.2
Samādhi Pāda

योगश् चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः

yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodha

Translation

"Yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind."

1.3
Samādhi Pāda

तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम्

tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe ‘vasthānam

Translation

"When that is accomplished, the seer abides in its own true nature."

1.4
Samādhi Pāda

वृत्तिसारूप्यम् इतरत्र

vṛtti-sārūpyam itaratra

Translation

"Otherwise, at other times, [the seer] is absorbed in the changing states [of the mind]."

1.5
Samādhi Pāda

वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लिष्टाक्लिष्टाः

vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ

Translation

"There are five kinds of changing states of the mind, and they are either detrimental or nondetrimental [to the practice of yoga]."

1.6
Samādhi Pāda

प्रमाणविपर्ययविकल्पनिद्रास्मृतयः ॥ १.६

pramāṇa-viparyaya-vikalpa-nidrā-smṛtayaḥ

Translation

"[These five vṛttis are] right knowledge, error, imagination, sleep, and memory."

1.7
Samādhi Pāda

प्रत्यक्षानुमानागमाः प्रमाणानि ॥ १.७

pratyakṣānumānāgamāḥ pramāṇāni

Translation

"Right knowledge consists of sense perception, logic, and verbal testimony."

1.8
Samādhi Pāda

विपर्ययो मिथ्याज्ञानम् अतद्रूपप्रतिष्ठम्

viparyayo mithyā-jñānam atad-rūpa-pratiṣṭham

Translation

"Error is false knowledge stemming from the incorrect apprehension [of something]."

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