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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Vivara峁嘺k膩ra also points out that the increase of a humour may be spontaneous or caused by something else. The secretions (rasa) are the transformation of the food eaten. They are of seven kinds. They are called secretion (rasa) because they are effects of the essence of food. They are- essence (rasa), blood (lohita), fat (medas), flesh (m膩msa), bone (asthi), marrow (majja) and semen (艣ukla). Their imbalance is due to excess or loss. Disorder of the organs of the body is blindness, deafness, etc. Sty膩na is idleness of mind. Vivara峁嘺k膩ra explicates it as a 121 paralysed stage. Y.V., explains the same very clearly.
122 Doubt (samsaya) is an idea which touches two contradictory
alternatives such as 'is it a post or a man? 123 VBh. only mentions
it as a kind of thinking which touches two alternatives in the form
of 'this might be so or it might not be so'.
Carelessness (pram膩da) is lack of devotion to the means of
Vivara峁嘺k膩ra explains it as the lack of dedicated
蝉补尘腻诲丑颈.
124 practice. The same idea is depicted in the words of V膩caspati
Mi艣ra as 'aprayatna.
,125
Laziness (alasya) is the inactivity of mind and body due to
heaviness.
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