citeh-apratisaṃkramāyāḥ-tad-ākāra-āpattau svabuddhi-saṃvedanam your essential nature is consciousness Here Patanjali reiterates the...

eka-samaye ca-ubhaya-anavadhāraṇam And both cannot be apprehended simultaneously When a mind seizes an object, it is focused on the...

tad-uparāgā-apekṣitvāt-cittasya vastu jñātā-ajñātaṃ whether or not the object is known depends upon the power of attraction and the...

na ca-eka citta-tantraṃ ced-vastu tad-apramāṇakaṃ tadā kiṃ-syāt and this object does not depend for its existence on one mind, because if...

tataḥ manaḥ-javitvaṃ vikaraṇa-bhāvaḥ pradhāna-jayaḥ-ca An exceptional alertness of mind, extra-sensory perception and mastery if root...

rūpa-lāvaṇya-bala-vajra-saṃhananatvāni kaya-saṃpat Bodily perfection is expressed in beautiful features and habits, grace, elegance,...

Sthūla-svarūpa-sūkṣmā-anvaya-arthavattva-saṃyamāt-bhūtajayaḥ There is mastery over the elements through saṃyamā on the form of objects:...

sattva-puruṣāyoḥ atyantā-saṁkīrṇayoḥ pratyayāviśeṣo-bhogaḥ parārthāt-sva-arthasaṁyamāt puruṣa-jñānam Experience of the world is an...

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...

pravṛtti-āloka-nyāsāt-sūkṣma-vyavahita-viprakṛṣṭa-jñānam Distant, latent, subtle or hidden matters [are discovered through] on ritual...

śabda-artha-pratyayānām-itaretara-adhyāsāt-saṃkaraḥ-tat-pravibhāga-saṃyamāt-sarva-bhūta-rūta-jñānam There is a natural confusion of...

krama-anyatvaṁ pariṇāma-anyatve hetuḥ Different steps result in distinct changes Patañjali tells us that every change is the result or...

sarva-arthatā-ekāgratayoḥ kṣaya-udayau cittasya samādhi-pariṇāmaḥ The transformation to being “completely absorbed” occurs when your mind...

tasya praśānta-vāhitā saṁskārāt Because of this profound tendency, a consistent practise flows from it All the practises described by...

tadapi bahir-aṅgaṁ nirbījasya Even these last three limbs are external when compared to a “seedless” state. No matter how subtle or...

tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ Application of this depends upon the level you have reached This practice needs to regard the different stages...

tad-eva-artha-mātra-nirbhāsaṁ svarūpa-śūnyam-iva samādhiḥ This is complete absorption: the object alone shines in your mind as if the...

dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ And the mind is ready for concentration. Prāṇāyāma prepares you for the next limb of Yoga: dhāraṇāsu (Sūtra...

bāhya-ābhyantara-viṣaya-ākṣepī caturthaḥ The fourth state [of prāṇāyāma] transcends the field of exhalation and inhalation Logic dictates...

samādhi-siddhiḥ-īśvara-praṇidhānāt Through devotion/surrender to the Highest Principle, there is perfection in complete absorption We are...