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 1.27
tasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ || YS_1.27 ||
vācya īśvaraḥ praṇavasya. kimasya saṃketakṛtaṃ vācyavācakatvamatha pradīpaprakāśavadavasthitamiti. sthito'sya vācyasya vācakena saha saṃbandhaḥ. saṃketastvīśravasya sthitamevārthamabhinayati. yathāvasthitaḥ pitṛputrayoḥ saṃbandhaḥ saṃketenāvadyotyate, ayamasya pitā, ayamasya putra iti. sargāntareṣvapi vācyavācakaśaktyapekṣastathaiva saṃketaḥ kriyate. saṃpratipattinityatayā nityaḥ śabdārthasaṃbandha ityāgaminaḥ pratijānate. 1.27