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Yoga Sutra 3.43
Bahir-akalpitā vṛttiḥ-mahā-videhā tataḥ prakāśā-āvaraṇa-kṣayaḥ External contact free of mental fiction is “the great disembodiment” and...
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Yoga Sutra 3.42
Kāyā-kāśayoḥ saṃbandha-saṃyamāt-laghu-tūla-samāpatteh-ca-ākāśa-gamanam The skill of moving through space comes from samyama on the...
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Yoga Sutra 3.40
samā-jayāt-jvalanam Radiance results from the triumph of the vital force of assimilation and balanced distri-ution The samāna-vāyu is...
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Yoga Sutra 3.39
Udāna-jayāt-jala-paṅka-kaṇṭak-ādiṣu-asaṅgh utkrāntih-ca Through mastery of the ascending energy in your body, there is elevation and...
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Yoga Sutra 3.38
bandha-kāraṇa-śaithilyāt-pracāra-saṃvedanāt-ca cittasya para-śarīrā-aveśaḥ Through release of the causes of attachment and through...
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Yoga Sutra 3.37
te samādhāu-upasargāh vyutthāne siddhayaḥ These are perceived as distractions by those who seek complete absorption and as super powers...
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Yoga Sutra 3.36
tataḥ prātibha-śrāvaṇa-vedana-ādarśa-āsvāda-vārtā jāyante As a consequence there is mastery of intuition, hearing, touch, vision, taste...
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Yoga Sutra 3.35
sattva-puruṣāyoḥ atyantā-saṁkīrṇayoḥ pratyayāviśeṣo-bhogaḥ parārthāt-sva-arthasaṁyamāt puruṣa-jñānam Experience of the world is an...
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Yoga Sutra 3.34
hirdaye chitta-samvit Comprehensive knowledge of the mental mechanisms [comes from saṁyama] on the heart According to yoga, the heart...
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Yoga Sutra 3.33
pratibhat va sarvam Or all is known [comes from saṁyama] on intuition In Mūrdha / the crown of your head, lives your highest skills;...
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Yoga Sutra 3.32
mūrdha-jyotiṣi siddha-darśanam The vision of perfect beings [comes from saṁyama] on the light of the skull Mūrdha is a small area on top...
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Yoga Sutra 3.31
Kúrma-nádyám sthairyam Stability [comes from saṁyama] on the tortoise nadi The thoracic cage and sternum or “heat centre” and diaphragm...
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Yoga Sutra 3.30
Kantha-kupe ksut-pipasa-nivrittih Cessation of hunger and thrust [comes from saṁyama] on the throat centre. The throat cavity is the...
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Yoga Sutra 3.29
nābhi-cakre kāya-vyūha-jñānam Knowledge of the arrangement of the body comes from saṁyama on the navel centre The cakra’s (literally...
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Yoga Sutra 3.28
dhruve tad-gati-jñānam Knowledge of the movement of the stars comes from saṁyama on the Pole-Star. In this Sutra the fixed polestar is...
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Yoga Sutra 3.27
candre tārā-vyūha-jñānam Knowledge of the arrangements of the stars comes from saṁyama on the moon. The moon phases set the rhythm for...
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Yoga Sutra 3.26
Bhuvana-jñánam súrye sanyamát Saṁyama on the sun gives knowledge of different parts of the world. Here Patanjali gives the first of three...
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Yoga Sutra 3.25
pravṛtti-āloka-nyāsāt-sūkṣma-vyavahita-viprakṛṣṭa-jñānam Distant, latent, subtle or hidden matters [are discovered through] on ritual...
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Yoga sutra 3.24
baleṣu hasti-balaādīni [Through Saṁyama on] on the qualities beginning with the strengths of an elephant makes strength manifest Here,...
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Yoga Sutra 3.23
maitrī-ādiṣu balāni [Through Saṁyama on] on the qualities beginning with friendship the corresponding strengths will manifest This in...
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