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 3.23
maitryādiṣu balāni || YS_3.23 ||
maitrī karuṇā muditeti tisro bhāvanāstatra bhūteṣu sukhiteṣu maitrīṃ bhāvayitvā maitrībalaṃ labhate. duḥkhiteṣu karuṇāṃ bhāvayitvā karuṇābalaṃ labhate. puṇyaśīleṣu muditāṃ bhāvayitvā muditābalaṃ labhate. bhāvanātaḥ samādhiryaḥ sa saṃyamastato balānyavandhyavīryāṇi jāyante. pāpaśīleṣūpekṣā na tu bhāvanā. tataśca tasyāṃ nāsti samādhirityato na balamupekṣātastatra saṃyamābhāvāditi. 3.23