Sky Gazing : Patanjali's Yoga sutras

PATANJALI’S YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.13 सति मूले तद्विपाको जात्यायुर्भोगाः ॥१३॥ Sati mūle tadvipāko jātyāyurbhogāḥ ||13|| “So long as the root exists, its fruition is birth, life-span, and life-experience.” The purpose of this sutra is to explain the kinds of karmas or actions that are afflicted and how they present in and influence present and future lives. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing!...

PATANJALI’S YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.12 क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः ॥१२॥ kleśa-mūlaḥ karma-āśayaḥ-dṛṣta-adṛṣta-janma-vedanīyaḥ ||12|| “The vehicle of actions has its origin in afflictions, and is experienced in visible-and invisible births.” The purpose of this sutra is to explain that afflictions give rise to actions which give rise to present and future births and their st...

YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.11 ध्यान हेयाः तद्वृत्तयः ॥११॥ dhyāna-heyāḥ tat-vṛttayaḥ ||11|| “Their modifications are destroved by meditation.” The purpose of this sutra is to explain how meditation destroys the seed of afflictions. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it. Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube here: Also avai...

YOGASUTRAS | SADHNAPADA | SUTRA 2.10 ते प्रतिप्रसवहेयाः सूक्ष्माः ॥१०॥ te prati-prasava-heyāḥ sūkṣmāḥ ||10|| “Those kleshas are reducible by involution when they are subtle.” The purpose of this sutra is to explain how afflictions can be removed by the involutionary process, like cutting a tree from the top down, or down up. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share...

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada. स्वरस्वाहि विदुषोऽपि समारूढोऽभिनिवेशः ॥९॥ sva-rasa-vāhī viduṣaḥ api samā-rūḍhaḥ abhiniveśaḥ ||9|| "Flowing on by its own potency, established all the-same even in the wise, is Love of Life." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the that the clinging to life and fear of death arises due to samskaras that carry the memories of previous deaths. Thanks for reading Sky Gazin...

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada दुःखानुशयी द्वेषः ॥८॥ duḥkha-anuśayī dveṣaḥ ||8|| "Aversion is the sequential repulsion from pain." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the sequential nature of the arising of suffering on the ground of revulsion and hatred. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it. Pls note: We consolidated some of our previous subscriber lists a coup...

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada सुखानुशयी रागः ॥७॥ sukha-anuśayī rāgaḥ ||7|| "Attachment is the sequential attraction to pleasure ." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the sequential nature of the arising of pleasure on the ground of avidya and 'I' ness. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it. Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six Bhashyas on YouTube h...

ग्दर्शनशक्त्योरेकात्मतैवास्मिता ॥६॥ dṛg-darśana-śaktyoḥ-eka-ātmatā-iva-asmitā ||6|| "Asmita is the identity as it were of the purusha with the buddhi." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the source of 'I' ness, false self-identification with the senses of perception. Thanks for reading Sky Gazing! This post is public so feel free to share it. Study each sutra of Patanjali’s Yogasutras in Six...

अनित्याशुचिदुःखानात्मसु नित्यशुचिसुखात्मख्यातिरविद्या ॥५॥ anitya-aśuci-duḥkha-anātmasu nitya-śuci-sukha-ātma-khyātiḥ avidyā ||5|| Nescience is the taking of the non-eternal, the impure, the painful and the not self to be the eternal, the pure, the pleasurable and the self. The purpose of this sutra is to explain the meaning of avidya, which is this unreal cognition of the impure in the pure that i...

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada. अविद्या क्षेत्रमुत्तरेषाम् प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम् ॥४॥ avidyā kśetram-uttareṣāṃ prasupta-tanu-vicchinna-udārāṇām ||4|| "Nescience is the field for the others, whether dormant, tenuous, alternated or fully operative." The purpose of this sutra is to explain that the first klesha, avidya, nescience, is the ground or field of operation for the other four afflictions. Yo...

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशः क्लेशाः ॥३॥ avidyā-asmitā-rāga-dveṣa-abhiniveśāḥ kleśāḥ ||3|| "The afflictions are Nescience, Egoism, Attachment, Aversion and Love of Life." The purpose of this sutra is to enumerate the five kleshas that will be elaborated upon in the following sutras. You can now access the summary episode of the Samadhi Pada on YouTube. Undertake a systema...

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada. समाधिभावनार्थः क्लेश तनूकरणार्थश्च ॥२॥ samādhi-bhāvana-arthaḥ kleśa-tanū-karaṇa-arthaḥ ca ||2|| "For the purpose of bringing about trance and for the purpose of attenuating afflictions." The purpose of this sutra is to indicate to us the purpose of practicing kriya yoga, which is the thinning of afflictions. You can now access the summary episode of the Samadhi pada on You...

तपः स्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः ॥१॥ tapaḥ svādhyāya-īśvara-praṇidhānāni kriyā-yogaḥ ||1|| "Tapas, swadhyaya and Ishwara pranidhana constitute kriya yoga." The purpose of this sutra is to lay out the constituent parts of krill yoga, or the work, the undertaking by which sadhna, or practice may be achieved. You can now access the summary episode of the Samadhi pada on YouTube. Undertake a s...

तस्यापि निरोधे सर्वनिरोधान्निर्बीजः समाधिः ॥५१॥ tasya-api nirodhe sarva-nirodhāt-nirbījaḥ samādhiḥ ||51|| "All being suppressed, by that suppression of that too comes the seedless trance." The purpose of this sutra is to explain that once nirvicara samadhi is attained, the mind consumes the mind as fire eats fire, to attain nirbeeja samadhi or the seedless trance. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported...

तज्जः संस्कारोऽन्यसंस्कारप्रतिबन्धी ॥५०॥ tat-jaḥ saṃskāra-anya-saṃskāra-pratibandhī ||50|| "Residual potencies born therefrom impede other residual potencies." The purpose of this sutra is to explain that once nirvicara samadhi is attained, new impressions are created that counter the old unconscious impressions. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my wor...

श्रुतानुमानप्रज्ञाभ्यामन्यविषया विशेषार्थत्वात् ॥४९॥ śruta-anumāna-prajñābhyām-anya-viṣayā viśeṣa-arthatvāt ||49|| It has different objects from those of verbal and inferential cognition as it refers to particulars. The purpose of this sutra is to explain that inferential and testimonial perception can only verify the generically-arrived at consensus of collectively-held knowledge. The particular...

ऋतंभरा तत्र प्रज्ञा ॥४८॥ ṛtaṃbharā tatra prajñā ||48|| "There the superconsciousness becomes full with cosmic experience." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the attaining of Ritam, the basis of consciousness. Undertake a systematic, comprehensive & comparative study of the commentaries of the Yogasutras The course uploads a recorded session every day until the Yogasutras are complete i.e. al...

निर्विचारवैशारद्येऽध्यात्मप्रसादः ॥४७॥ nirvicāra-vaiśāradye-adhyātma-prasādaḥ ||47|| "After becoming absolutely perfect in nirvichara samadhi the spiritual light dawns." The purpose of this sutra is to explain the state when the spiritual light dawns. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Undertake a sys...

ता एव सबीजस्समाधिः ॥४६॥ tāḥ eva sabījaḥ samādhiḥ ||46|| They are the seeded trance only. The purpose of this sutra is to explain the four-fold samadhis thus far explained are all seeded only and cannot liberate us (in themselves) from rebirth. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Undertake a systematic,...

सूक्ष्मविषयत्वमं चालिङ्गपर्यवसानम् ॥४५॥ sūkṣma-viṣayatvaṃ ca-aliṅga-paryavasānam ||45|| And the province of the subtle reaches up to the noumenal. The purpose of this sutra is to explain what happens to samadhi in the state of Asmita and Ananda and beyond, when it reaches its subtlest form. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a...

एतयैव सविचारा निर्विचारा च सूक्ष्मविषय व्याख्याता ॥४४॥ etayā-eva savicārā nirvicārā ca sūkṣma-viṣayā vyākhyātā ||44|| By this the meditative and the ultra-meditative, having the subtle for their objects, are also described The purpose of this sutra is to describe the nature of the third and fourth stages of Samapatti, the states of thought-transformation, in the sub categories of meditative (savic...

स्मृतिपरिशुद्धौ स्वरूपशून्येवार्थमात्रनिर्भासा निर्वितर्का ॥४३॥ smṛti-pariśuddhau sva-rūpa-śūnya-iva-artha-mātra-nirbhāsā nirvitarkā ||43|| "Distinctive (wordless) thought-transformation is that in which the mind shines out as the object alone on the cessation of memory, and is as it were devoid of its own nature." The purpose of this sutra is to describe the nature of the second stage of Samapatt...

तत्र शब्दार्थज्ञानविकल्पैः संकीर्णा सवितर्का समापत्तिः ॥४२॥ tatra śabda-artha-jñāna-vikalpaiḥ saṃkīrṇā savitarkā samāpattiḥ ||42|| "In that state (of samadhi) on account of alternating consciousness between word, true knowledge and sense perception, the mixed state of mind is known as savitarka samapatti." The purpose of this sutra is to describe the nature of Samapatti, the state of thought-trans...

क्षीणवृत्तेरभिजातस्येव मणेर्ग्रहीतृग्रहणग्राह्येषु तत्स्थतदञ्जनता समापत्तिः ॥४१॥ kṣīṇa-vṛtteḥ abhijātasya-iva maṇeḥ grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhyeṣu tat-stha-tat-añjanatā samāpattiḥ ||41|| "The yogi knows that the knower the instrument of knowing and the known are one, himself, the seer. Like a pure transparent jewel, he reflects on unsullied purity." The purpose of this sutra is to describe the nature of...

परमाणुपरममहत्त्वान्तोऽस्य वशीकारः ॥४०॥ parama-aṇu-parama-mahattva-antaḥ asya vaśīkāraḥ ||40|| "His power reaches down to the minutest and up to the largest ." The purpose of this sutra is to explain how the ordinary mind is transformed into a super mind, able to penetrate the boundless regions of space and the deepest regions within. Sky Gazing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new pos...