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1.1
Samadhi Pada

अथ योगानुशासनम्

atha yogānuśāsanam

Translation

"Now, the instruction of Yoga begins."

1.2
Samadhi Pada

योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः

yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ

Translation

"Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind."

1.3
Samadhi Pada

तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम्

tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe-'vasthānam

Translation

"Then the Seer abides in Its own true nature."

1.4
Samadhi Pada

वृत्ति सारूप्यमितरत्र

vṛtti sārūpyam-itaratra

Translation

"At other times, the Seer identifies with the fluctuations."

1.5
Samadhi Pada

वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लिष्टाक्लिष्टाः

vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ

Translation

"The fluctuations of the mind are fivefold; they are either painful or non-painful."

1.12
Samadhi Pada

अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां तन्निरोधः

abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyāṃ tan-nirodhaḥ

Translation

"These fluctuations are stilled through practice and non-attachment."

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