वृत्तिसारूप्यमितरत्र ॥४॥ पदविभाग: (separating individual words): तदा, द्रष्टुः, स्वरूपे, अवस्थानम् अन्वय: (Rearranging in logical prose sequence): इतरत्र वृत्तिसारूप्यम् प्रतिपदार्थ: (word-by-word meaning): इतरत्र = At other times (when the mind is not…
तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम् ॥३॥ पदविभाग: (separating individual words): तदा, द्रष्टुः, स्वरूपे, अवस्थानम् अन्वय: (Rearranging in logical prose sequence): तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपे अवस्थानम् । प्रतिपदार्थ: (word-by-word meaning): योगः (yogaḥ): तदा = Then…
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः ॥२॥ पदविभाग: (separating individual words): योगः, चित्त, वृत्ति, निरोधः अन्वय: (Rearranging in logical prose sequence): चित्त-वृत्ति-निरोधः योगः (अस्ति) प्रतिपदार्थ: (word-by-word meaning): योगः (yogaḥ): Yoga, चित्त (citta): of the mind /…
अथ योगानुशासनम् ॥ १ ॥ पदविभाग: (separating individual words): अथ योग: अनुशासनम् अन्वय: (Rearranging in logical prose sequence): अथ योगानुशासनम् (आरभ्यते)। (The verb ‘आरभ्यते’ which means begun, is not found…
Total verses: 34 Kaivalya Pāda is written for the fully realized practitioner who has renounced even the highest powers of the intellect to cross the final threshold of reality. This…
Now coming to a song I have listened to countless times. I fucking love this track, and that is entirely because of KK. To me, his voice and his music…
Total verses: 56 Vibhūti Pāda is the most mysterious and psychologically profound section of the Yoga Sutras. It is written for the adept practitioner whose mind has finally turned completely…
Total verses: 55 Sadhana Pada is the most practical and heavily studied section of the Yoga Sutras because it is written explicitly for the average practitioner who is not yet…
Total verses: 51 The first among the four chapters, Samādhi Pāda addresses the advanced yogi. It assumes the practitioner already possesses a refined, stable mind. It skips physical postures and…
Naturally, if I am talking about yoga, I have to understand the Yogasutras: what they are and how the practice evolved from them. I have been learning Sanskrit for two…
