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 4.24
kutaśca --- tadasaṃkhyeyavāsanābhiścitramapi parārthaṃ saṃhatyakāritvāt || YS_4.24 ||
tadetaccittamasaṃkhyeyābhirvāsanābhireva citrīkṛtamapi parārthaṃ parasya bhogāpavargārthaṃ na svārthaṃ saṃhatyakāritvādgṛhavat. saṃhatyakāriṇā cittena na svārthena bhavitavyaṃ, na sukhacittaṃ sukhārthaṃ na jñānaṃ jñānārthamubhayamapyetatparārtham. yaśca bhogenāpavargeṇa cārthenārthavānpuruṣaḥ sa eva paro na paraḥ sāmānyamātram. yattu kiṃcitparaṃ sāmānyamātraṃ svarūpeṇodāharedvaināśikastatsarvaṃ saṃhatyakāritvātparārthameva syāt. yastvasau paro viśeṣaḥ sa na saṃhatyakārī puruṣa iti. 4.24