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Patanjali Yoga Sutra(Samadhi Pada)
1.16 Tat param purusha khyateh guna vaitrshnyam
Indifference to the subtlest elements, constituent principles, or qualities themselves (gunas), achieved through a knowledge of the nature of pure consciousness (purusha), is called supreme non-attachment (paravairagya).
• tat = that
• param = is higher, superior, supreme, transcendent
• purusha = pure consciousness, Self
• khyateh = through knowledge, vision, discernment
• guna = elements, prime qualities, constituents, attributes; (three gunas of sattvas, rajas, tamas)
• vaitrshnyam = state of freedom from desire or craving (for the gunas)

Patanjali Yoga Sutra
Samadhi Pada
1.15 When the mind loses desire even for objects seen or described in a tradition or in scriptures, it acquires a state of utter (vashikara) desirelessness that is called non-attachment (vairagya).

(drista anushravika vishaya vitrishnasya vashikara sanjna vairagyam)

• drista = seen, perceived
• anushravika = revealed, scriptural, heard in tradition
• vishaya = objects, subjects, matters of experience
• vitrishnasya = of one who is free from desire or craving
• vashikara = supreme, mastery, total control
• sanjna = awareness, consciousness, knowing
• vairagyam = non-attachment, desirelessness, dispassion, neutrality or absence of coloring, without attraction or aversion

Patanjali Yoga Sutra (Samadhi Pada)
1.14 Sah tu dirgha kala nairantaira satkara asevitah dridha bhumih
When that practice is done for a long time, without a break, and with sincere devotion, then the practice becomes a firmly rooted, stable and solid foundation.
• sah = that (practice)
• tu = and, but, however
• dirgha = long time (dirgha = long; kala = time)
• nairantaira = without interruption, continually,
• satkara = with devotion, sincerity, respect, reverence, positive attitude, right
action
• asevitah = pursued, practiced, cultivated, attended to, done with assiduous
attention
• dridha-bhumih = stable, solid foundation, firmly rooted, of firm ground (dridha
= firm; bhumih = ground)

Patanjali Yoga Sutra (Samadhi Pada)
1.13 Tatra sthitau yatnah abhyasa Practice (abhyasa) means choosing, applying the effort, and doing those actions that bring a stable and tranquil state (sthitau).
• tatra = of these two (abhyasa and vairagya)
• sthitau = stability, steadiness, stable tranquility, undisturbed calmness
• yatnah = effort, persistent exertion, sustained struggle, endeavour
• abhyasa = by or with practice, repeated practice

Patanjali Yoga Sutra (Samadhi Pada)
1.12 Abhyasa vairagyabhyam tat nirodhah
These thought patterns (vrittis) are mastered (nirodhah, regulated, coordinated,
controlled, stilled, quieted) through practice (abhyasa) and non-attachment (vairagya).
• abhyasa = by or with practice, repeated practice
• vairagyabhyam = non-attachment, by desirelessness or dispassion, neutrality
or absence of coloring, without attraction or aversion
• tat = of those, through that of
• nirodhah = control, regulation, channeling, mastery, integration, coordination,
understanding, stilling, quieting, setting aside of

Patanjali Yoga Sutra
Samadhi Pada
1.11 Anubhuta vishaya asampramoshah smritih
Recollection or memory (smriti) is mental modification caused by the inner
reproducing of a previous impression of an object, but without adding any other
characteristics from other sources.
• anubhuta = experienced
• vishaya = objects of experience, impressions
• asampramoshah = not being stolen, not being lost, not having addition
• smritih = memory, remembering

Patanjali Yoga Sutra
Samadhi Pada
1.10 Abhava pratyaya alambana vritti nidra
Dreamless sleep (nidra) is the subtle thought pattern which has as its object an inertia, blankness, absence, or negation of the other though patterns (vrittis).
• abhava = absence, non-existence, non-occurrence, negation, voidness,
nothingness
• pratyaya = the cause, the feeling, causal or cognitive principle, notion, content
of mind, presented idea, cognition
• alambana = support, substratum, leaning on, dependent on, having as a base
or foundation
• vritti = operations, activities, fluctuations, modifications, changes, or various
forms of the mind-field • nidra = deep sleep

Patanjali Yoga Sutra
Shabda jnana anupati vastu shunyah vikalpah
1.9 Fantasy or imagination (vikalpa) is a thought pattern that has verbal expression
and knowledge, but for which there is no such object or reality in existence.
• shabda = word, sound, verbal expression
• jnana = by knowledge, knowing
• anupati = following, in sequence, depending upon
• vastu = a reality, real object, existent
• shunyah = devoid, without, empty
• vikalpah = imagination, verbal misconception or delusion, fantasy, hallucination

Patanjali Yoga Sutra (Samadhi Pada)
1.8 Viparyayah mithya jnanam atad rupa pratistham
Incorrect knowledge or illusion (viparyaya) is false knowledge formed by perceiving a thing as being other than what it really is.

• viparyayah = unreal cognition,
indiscrimination, perverse cognition, wrong
knowledge, misconception, incorrect knowing, not seeing clearly

• mithya = of the unreal, of the false, erroneous, illusory

• jnanam = knowing, knowledge

• atad = not its own, not that

• rupa = form, nature, appearance

• pratistham = based on, possessing, established, occupying, steadfast, standing

Patanjali Yoga Sutra
Samadhi Pada
1.7Pratyaksha anumana agamah pramanani Of these five, there are three ways of gaining correct knowledge (pramana):
1) perception,
2) inference, and
3) testimony or verbal communication from others who have knowledge.
• pratyaksha = direct perception or cognition
• anumana = inference, reasoning, deduction
• agamah = authority, testimony, validation, competent evidence
• pramanani = valid means of knowing, proofs, sources of correct knowing