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 4.12
nāstyasataḥ saṃbhavaḥ, na cāsti sato vināśa iti dravyatvena saṃbhavantyaḥ kathaṃ nivartiṣyante vāsanā iti --- atītānāgataṃ svarūpato'styadhvabhedāddharmāṇām || YS_4.12 ||
bhaviṣyadvyaktikamanāgatamanubhūtavyaktikamatītaṃ svavyāpāropārūḍhaṃ vartamānaṃ, trayaṃ caitadvastu jñānasya jñeyam. yadi caitatsvarūpato nābhaviṣyannedaṃ nirviṣayaṃ jñānamudapatsyata. tasmādatītānāgataṃ svarūpato'stīti. kiṃca bhogabhāgīyasya vāpavargabhāgīyasya vā karmaṇaḥ phalamutpitsu yadi nirupākhyamiti taduddeśena tena nimittena kuśalānuṣṭhānaṃ na yujyeta. sataśca phalasya nimittaṃ vartamānīkaraṇe samarthaṃ nāpūrvopajanane siddhaṃ nimittaṃ naimittikasya viśeṣānugrahaṇaṃ kurute nāpūrvamutpādayatīti. dharmī cānekadharmasvabhāvastasya cādhvabhedena dharmāḥ pratyavasthitāḥ na ca yathā vartamānaṃ vyaktiviśeṣāpannaṃ dravyato'styevamatītamanāgataṃ ca. kathaṃ tarhi, svenaiva vyaṅgyena svarūpeṇānāgatamasti. svena cānubhūtavyaktikena svarūpeṇātītamiti vartamānasyaivādhvanaḥ svarūpavyaktiriti na sā bhavatyatītānāgatayoradhvanoḥ. ekasya cādhvanaḥ samaye dvāvadhvanau dharmisamanvāgatau bhavata eveti nābhūtvā bhāvastrayāṇāmadhvanāmiti. 4.12