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 2.12
kleśamūlaḥ karmāśayo dṛṣṭādṛṣṭajanmavedanīyaḥ || YS_2.12 ||
tatra puṇyāpuṇyakarmāśayaḥ kāmalobhamohakrodhabhavaḥ. sa dṛṣṭajanmavedanīyaścādṛṣṭajanmavedanīyaśca. tatra tīvrasaṃvegena mantratapaḥsamādhibhirnirvartita īśvaradevatāmaharṣimahānubhāvānāmārādhanādvā yaḥ pariniṣpannaḥ sa sadyaḥ paripacyate puṇyakarmāśaya iti. tathā tīvrakleśena bhītavyādhitakṛpaṇeṣu viśvāsopagateṣu vā mahānubhāveṣu vā tapasviṣu kṛtaḥ punaḥ punarapakāraḥ sa cāpi pāpakarmāśayaḥ sadya eva paripacyate. yathā nandīśvaraḥ kumāro manuṣyapariṇāmaṃ hitvā devatvena pariṇataḥ. tathā nahuṣo'pi devānāmindraḥ svakaṃ pariṇāmaṃ hitvā tiryaktvena pariṇata iti. tatra nārakāṇāṃ nāsti dṛṣṭajanmavedanīyaḥ karmāśayaḥ. kṣīṇakleśānāmapi nāstyadṛṣṭajanmavedanīyaḥ karmāśaya iti. 2.12