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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कपिल� कनककपिलवर्णं प्रसूत� स्वेनैवोत्पादितं हिरण्यगर्भ� जनयामा� पूर्वमित्यस्यै�
जन्मश्रवणात्� अन्यस्� चाश्रवणात् �... कपिलोऽग्रज इत� पुराणवचनात� कपिल� हिरण्यगर्भ� वा
व्यपदिश्यते। ( [kapila� kanakakapilavarṇa� prasūta� svenaivotpādita� hiraṇyagarbha� janayāmāsa pūrvamityasyaiva
janmaśravaṇāt| anyasya cāśravaṇāt |... kapilo'graja iti purāṇavacanāt kapilo hiraṇyagarbho vā
vyapadiśyate| (] SBh. on Śve. Up. V.2)
214Purānic Encyclopaedia, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Delhi,
2002, p.583.
215 Svide., India in the Time of Patañjali by B.N. Puri.
216 There are a number of legends ascribed to Patanjali who is considered as
the incarnation of Ādiśesa or Ananta- the divine serpent upon whom Lord
Visnu rests.
217P.K. Sasidharan Nair, The Yoga System of Patanjali, p. 34.
218 Syādvādamañjari of Mallisena, Ed.A.B. Dhruva, Bombay Sanskrit and
Prakrit Series No. LXXXIII, intr. p. xxxviii.
219 'मन्त्रयोगो हठश्चै� लययोगस्तृतीयत� �
चतुर्थ� राजयोग� स्यात् � द्विधाभाववर्जितः � � ( [mantrayogo haṭhaścaiva layayogastṛtīyata� |
caturtho rājayoga� syāt sa dvidhābhāvavarjita� | | (] Siv Sam., V.16)
220Krishna.P. Bahadur, The wisdom of Yoga, p.108.
221 Ibid.
222 Ibid.
223.
Shyam Ghosh, The Original Yoga, intr. p.xvii.
224Krishna.P. Bahadur, The Wisdom of Yoga, pp. 104-07.
225.
महामुद्र� महाबन्धो महावेधश्� खेचरी �
जालन्धरो मूलबन्धो विपरीतकृतिस्तथा � �
उड्डानञ्चै� वज्रोली दशमं शक्तिचालनम� �
इद� हि मुद्रादशकं मुद्राणामुत्तमोत्तमम्।� ( [mahāmudrā mahābandho mahāvedhaśca khecarī |
jālandharo mūlabandho viparītakṛtistathā | |
uḍḍānañcaiva vajrolī daśama� śakticālanam |
ida� hi mudrādaśaka� mudrāṇāmuttamottamam|| (] Śiv. Sam, IV.23-24)
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