Yoga-sutra with Bhasya [sanskrit]
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The Sanskrit edition of the Patañjali: Yogasūtra with Bhāṣya (= Pātañjalayogaśāstra). Based on the edition by Kāśinātha Śāstrī Āgāśe. The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is a collection of Sanskrit aphorisms (Sūtras) on the theory and practice of Yoga. It includes the theory of ashtanga (eight elements of practice culminating in samadhi)—Yama (abstinences), Niyama (observances), Āsana (yoga posture), Prāṇāyāma (breath control), Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the senses), Dhāraṇā (concentration of the mind), Dhyāna (meditation) and Samādhi (absorption).
Sūtra 1.7
pratyakṣānumānāgamāḥ pramāṇāni || YS_1.7 ||
indriyapraṇālikayā cittasya bāhyavastūparāgāttadviṣayā sāmānyaviśeṣātmano'rthasya viśeṣāvadhāraṇapradhānā vṛttiḥ pratyakṣaṃ pramāṇam. phalamaviśiṣṭaḥ pauruṣeyaścittavṛttibodhaḥ. pratisaṃvedī puruṣa ityupariṣṭādupapādayiṣyāmaḥ. anumeyasya tulyajātīyeṣvanuvṛtto bhinnajātīyebhyo vyāvṛttaḥ saṃbandho yastadviṣayā sāmānyāvadhāraṇapradhānā vṛttiranumānam. yathā deśāntaraprāptergatimaccandratārakaṃ caitravat, vindhyaścāprāptiragatiḥ. āptena dṛṣṭo'numito vārthaḥ paratra svabodhasaṃkrāntaye śabdenopadiśyate, śabdāttadarthaviṣayā vṛttiḥ śroturāgamaḥ. yasyāśraddheyārtho vaktā na dṛṣṭānumitārthaḥ sa āgamaḥ plavate. mūlavaktari tu dṛṣṭānumitārthe nirviplavaḥ syāt. 1.7