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 2.9
svarasavāhī viduṣo'pi tathā rūḍho'bhiniveśaḥ || YS_2.9 ||
sarvasya prāṇina iyamātmāśīrnityā bhavati mā na bhūvaṃ bhūyāsamiti. na cānanubhūtamaraṇadharmakasyaiṣā bhavatyātmāśīḥ. etayā ca pūrvajanmānubhavaḥ pratīyate. sa cāyamabhiniveśaḥ kleśaḥ svarasavāhī kṛmerapi jātamātrasya pratyakṣānumānāgamairasaṃbhāvito maraṇatrāsa ucchedadṛṣṭyātmakaḥ pūrvajanmānubhūtaṃ maraṇaduḥkhamanumāpayati. yathā cāyamatyantamūḍheṣu dṛśyate kleśastathā viduṣo'pi vijñātapūrvāparāntasya rūḍhaḥ. kasmātsamānā hi tayoḥ kuśalākuśalayormaraṇaduḥkhānubhavādiyaṃ vāsaneti. 2.9