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 4.9
jātideśakālavyavahitānāmapyānantaryaṃ smṛtisaṃskārayorekarūpatvāt || YS_4.9 ||
vṛṣadaṃśavipākodayaḥ svavyañjakāñjanābhivyaktaḥ. sa yadi jātiśatena vā dūradeśatayā vā kalpaśatena vā vyavahitaḥ punaśca svavyañjakāñjana evodiyāddrāgityevaṃ pūrvānubhūtavṛṣadaṃśavipākābhisaṃskṛtā vāsanā upādāya vyajyeta. kasmāt, yato vyavahitānāmapyāsāṃ sadṛśaṃ karmābhivyajñakaṃ nimittībhūtamityānantaryameva. kutaśca, smṛtisaṃskārayorekarūpatvāt yathānubhavāstathā saṃskārāḥ. te ca karmavāsanānurūpāḥ yathā ca vāsanāstathā smṛtiriti jātideśakālavyavahitebhyaḥ saṃskārebhyaḥ smṛtiḥ. smṛteśca punaḥ saṃskārā ityevamete smṛtisaṃskārāḥ karmāśayavṛttilābhavaśādvyajyante ataśca vyavahitānāmapi nimittanaimittikabhāvānucchedādānantaryameva siddhamiti. 4.9