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 2.26
atha hānasya kaḥ prāptyupāya iti --- vivekakhyātiraviplavā hānopāyaḥ || YS_2.26 ||
sattvapuruṣānyatāpratyayo vivekakhyātiḥ. sā tvanivṛttamithyājñānā plavate. yadā mithyājñānaṃ dagdhabījabhāvaṃ vandhyaprasavaṃ saṃpadyate tadā vidhūtakleśarajasaḥ sattvasya pare vaiśāradye parasyāṃ vaśīkārasaṃjñāyāṃ vartamānasya vivekapratyayapravāho nirmalo bhavati. sā vivekakhyātiraviplavā hānopāyaḥ. tato mithyājñānasya dagdhabījabhāvopagamaḥ punaścāprasava ityeṣa mokṣasya mārgo hānasyopāya iti. 2.26