Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra)
by Rama Prasada | 1924 | 154,800 words | ISBN-10: 9381406863 | ISBN-13: 9789381406861
The Yoga-Sutra 3.23, English translation with Commentaries. The Yoga Sutras are an ancient collection of Sanskrit texts dating from 500 BCE dealing with Yoga and Meditation in four books. It deals with topics such as Samadhi (meditative absorption), Sadhana (Yoga practice), Vibhuti (powers or Siddhis), Kaivaly (isolation) and Moksha (liberation).
S奴tra 3.23
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of S奴tra 3.23:
啶げ啷囙し啷� 啶灌じ啷嵿い啶苦が啶侧ぞ啶︵啶ㄠた 啷� 啷�.啷ㄠォ 啷�
产补濒别峁 hastibal腻诲墨苍颈 || 3.23 ||
产补濒别峁鈥攐ver the powers. hasti鈥�elephants. bala鈥�power, 腻诲墨苍颈鈥攁nd the others.
23. Over the powers, the powers of elephant, &c.鈥�129.
The Sankhya-pravachana commentary of Vyasa
[English translation of the 7th century commentary by 痴测腻蝉补 called the 厂腻峁卥丑测补-pravacana, 痴测腻蝉补bh膩峁a or Yogabh膩峁a]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
By Sa峁儁ama with reference to the strength of an elephant he comes to possess the strength of an elephant.
By Sa峁儁ama over the power of the king of birds, one gets the power of the king of birds.
By Sa峁儁ama over the powers of 痴腻测耻, one gets the power of 痴腻测耻鈥�129.
The Gloss of Vachaspati Mishra
[English translation of the 9th century Tattvavai艣膩rad墨 by V膩caspatimi艣ra]
鈥極ver the powers, the powers of elephant, &c. He gets the strength of whomsoever he performs Sa峁儁ama over.鈥�28.