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🪷 Patanjali's Aphorisms

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1.1
Samādhi Pāda

अथ योगानुशासनम्

atha yogānuśāsanam

Translation

"Now, the exposition of Yoga is being made."

1.2
Samādhi Pāda

योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः

yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ

Translation

"Yoga is the cessation of the modifications of the mind."

1.3
Samādhi Pāda

तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम्

tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe'vasthānam

Translation

"Then the seer abides in their true nature."

1.4
Samādhi Pāda

वृत्तिसारूप्यमितरत्र

vṛtti-sārūpyam-itaratra

Translation

"At other times, the seer appears to take on the form of the mental modifications."

1.5
Samādhi Pāda

क्लेशकर्मविपाकाशयैरपरामृष्टः पुरुषविशेष ईश्वरः

kleśa karma vipāka āśayaiḥ aparāmṛṣṭaḥ puruṣa-viśeṣa īśvaraḥ

Translation

"Ishvara is a special self, untouched by afflictions, actions, fruits, or their impressions."

1.6
Samādhi Pāda

तस्य वाचकः प्रणवः

tasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ

Translation

"His designating word is Om."

1.7
Samādhi Pāda

क्लेशकर्मविपाकाशयैरपरामृष्टः पुरुषविशेष ईश्वरः

kleśa karma vipāka āśayaiḥ aparāmṛṣṭaḥ puruṣa-viśeṣa īśvaraḥ

Translation

"Ishvara is a special self, untouched by afflictions, actions, fruits, or their impressions."

1.8
Samādhi Pāda

तस्य वाचकः प्रणवः

tasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ

Translation

"His designating word is Om."

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