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 4.13
te vyaktasūkṣmā guṇātmānaḥ || YS_4.13 ||
te khalvamī tryadhvano dharmā vartamānā vyaktātmāno'tītānāgatāḥ sūkṣmātmānaḥ ṣaḍaviśeṣarūpāḥ. sarvamidaṃ guṇānāṃ saṃniveśaviśeṣamātramiti paramārthato guṇātmānaḥ. tathā ca śāstrānuśāsanam ---
"guṇānāṃ paramaṃ rūpaṃ na dṛṣṭipathamṛcchati /
yattu dṛṣṭipathaṃ prāptaṃ tanmāyeva sutucchakam //" iti. 4.13