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 1.42
tatra śabdārthajñānavikalpaiḥ saṃkīrṇā savitarkā samāpattiḥ || YS_1.42 ||
tadyathā gauriti śabdo gaurityartho gauriti jñānamityavibhāgena vibhaktānāmapi grahaṇaṃ dṛṣṭam. vibhajyamānāścānye śabdadharmā anye'rthadharmā anye vijñānadharmā ityeteṣāṃ vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ. tatra samāpannasya yogino yo gavādyarthaḥ samādhiprajñāyāṃ samārūḍhaḥ sa cecchabdārthajñānavikalpānuviddha upāvartate sā saṃkīrṇā samāpattiḥ savitarketyucyate. 1.42