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 4 - Textual Examination of the Text
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happiness. The last one, asmita is the stage when mind becomes one with its own nature (ekar奴p膩tmik膩 samvit) i.e., the sense of 'I' or being a mere self-hood. Vivara峁嘺k膩ra states that the s奴tra (vitarkavic膩r膩nand膩smit膩-r奴p膩nugam膩t sampraj帽膩ta岣 is given in order to define sampraj帽膩ta-sam膩dhi in terms of the four characteristics. In PYSBV, it is clearly shown that, contradictory arguments regarding sampraj帽膩ta-sam膩dhi are prevalent at that time. 266 Asampraj帽膩ta-sam膩dhi is otherwise known as nirbija-sam膩dhi
(seedless sam膩dhi). The definition given to this is
'惫颈谤腻尘补辫谤补迟测补测腻产丑测腻蝉补辫奴谤惫补岣�
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蝉补尘蝉办腻谤补艣别峁'苍测补岣�'.
Vir膩mapratyaya is the idea which has the form of cessation. That
which has the practice of preceding
vir膩mapratyaya is
viramapratyay膩bhy膩sap奴rva. That which has only the samsk膩ras
as its remains is samsk膩ra艣e峁. Therefore, asampraj帽膩ta-sam膩dhi
is the state when there is cessation of ideas. Then the subliminal-
impressions (pratyaya-samsk膩ra) of ideas (pratyaya) alone remain.
Mind which has ceased to have thoughts regarding objects
becomes one with the subliminal-impressions alone as remains. 268
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