Yoga-sutra with Bhashya Vivarana (study)
by Susmi Sabu | 2013 | 55,404 words
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 ...
Supernatural powers for the wellbeing of the world
[[[ p. 11 ]]] Patanjala-yogasutra-bhashya-vivarana examines the worldly aspect of supernatural powers. While explaining the results of practicing samyama on various objects, there is a mention on attaining the knowledge of the movement of stars. There Vivaranakara elucidates that, the yogin can know what is good or bad for living beings by gaining the knowledge of the strong and the weak time 48 of each star. From this, one can understand that Vivaranakara is a person who believes in astrology and thinks that the stars influence the destiny of human beings. 281
Vivaranakara does not have much interest in supernatural powers gained by Yogic practices. In the first chapter 49 of Vyasa-bhashya, it is said that when concentrating on the tip of nose of super natural smell. there arises the consciousness Concentrating on the tip of tongue there is the consciousness of super natural taste, on palate- super natural colour, on the middle of tongue- super natural touch, on the root of tongue- super natural sound and so on. But at the same time, Vivaranakara only refers to the first one and does not give much importance to the rest. Vivaranakara warns the practitioner to not become a victim to the temptations. 51