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 4.25
viśeṣadarśina ātmabhāvabhāvanānivṛttiḥ || YS_4.25 ||
yathā prāvṛṣi tṛṇāṅkurasyodbhedena tadbījasattānumīyate tathā mokṣamārgaśravaṇena yasya romaharṣāśrupātau dṛśyete tatrāpyasti viśeṣadarśanabījamapavargabhāgīyaṃ karmābhinirvartitamityanumīyate. tasyātmabhāvabhāvanā svābhāvikī pravartate yasyābhāvādidamuktaṃ svabhāvaṃ muktvā doṣādyeṣāṃ pūrvapakṣe rucirbhavatyaruciśca nirṇaye bhavati tatrātmabhāvabhāvanā ko'hamāsaṃ kathamahamāsaṃ kiṃsvididaṃ kathaṃsvididaṃ ke bhaviṣyāmaḥ kathaṃ vā bhaviṣyāma iti. sā tu viśeṣadarśino nivartate kutaḥ cittasyaivaiṣa vicitraḥ pariṇāmaḥ, puruṣastvasatyāmavidyāyāṃ śuddhaścittadharmairaparāmṛṣṭa iti. tato'syātmabhāvabhāvanā kuśalasya nivartata iti. 4.25