Essay name: Yoga-sutra with Bhashya Vivarana (study)
Author:
Susmi Sabu
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies the enduring and relevance of Yoga in India, highlighting its evolution from a comprehensive philosophy to primarily a physical practice. It further underscores the importance of studying Yoga texts to understand its historical trajectory. Special attention is given to the Patanjala Yogasutra Bhashya Vivarana, a significant work attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.
Chapter 2 - Origin and Development of Yoga Philosophy
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Infra., Chapter.II, pp. 33-34, 38-39. ‘Infra., Chapter.II, pp. 33-40. ॰संपृचानुरुधाङ्यमाङ्यसपरिसृसंसृजपरिदेविसंज्वरपरिक्षिपपरिरटपरिवदपरिदहपरिमुहदुषद्विषद्द्रुहदुहयु� क्रीडविविचत्यजरजभजातिचरापचरामुषाभ्याहनश्� ।। ( [॰saṃpṛcānurudhāṅyamāṅyasaparisṛsaṃsṛjaparidevisaṃjvaraparikṣipapariraṭaparivadaparidahaparimuhaduṣadviṣaddruhaduhayuja krīḍavivicatyajarajabhajāticarāpacarāmuṣābhyāhanaśca || (] Astādhyāyi, III.2.142) TVBh. under Y.S., I.1. � यु� समाध� [yuja samādhau ] ' इत्यस्माद् व्युत्पन्न� समाध्यर्थो � तु [ityasmād vyutpanna� samādhyartho na tu ] 'युजिर् योगे [yujir yoge] ' इत्यस्मात्संयोगार्� इत्यर्थः � [ityasmātsaṃyogārtha ityartha� | ] 86. (T.V., P.3) 'तत्र यु� समाधावित� योगलक्षणस्� प्रसिद्धत्वाल्लक्षणान्तराकाङ्क्षेव नास्तीत्याशङ्कां तस्यातिव्याप्तत्वेनादावपाकरोति - योगः समाधिः, � � सार्वभौमश्चित्तस्य धर्म� इत� � यु� समाधावित्यनुशासनतः प्रसिद्ध� योगः समाधिः चित्तवृत्तिनिरोध�... � ( [tatra yuja samādhāviti yogalakṣaṇasya prasiddhatvāllakṣaṇāntarākāṅkṣeva nāstītyāśaṅkā� tasyātivyāptatvenādāvapākaroti - yoga� samādhi�, sa ca sārvabhaumaścittasya dharma� iti | yuja samādhāvityanuśāsanata� prasiddho yoga� samādhi� cittavṛttinirodha�... | (] Y.V., p.6) 106 ...The word yoga which was originally applied to the control of the
steeds was applied to the control of the senses.' (S.N. Dasgupta, Yoga
Philosophy, p.44)
11*It is probable that the root ‘yujir' in the sense of connection as given in
Pāṇini's list of roots is a root-form derived later from the noun form yoga
(yoking ), or that yoga also was originally formed from 'yujiryoge' but as
yoga had taken a technical meaning in Pāṇini's time he made a confusion
and invented a fanciful root ' yuja' in the sense of concentration. (Ibid., pp.
44-45)
12S.N. Dasgupta, Yoga Philosophy, fn.2, p.45.
13Ibid.
14S.N. Dasgupta, p. 46.
15 Ibid.
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