Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra)
by Rama Prasada | 1924 | 154,800 words | ISBN-10: 9381406863 | ISBN-13: 9789381406861
The Yoga-Sutra 1.14, English translation with Commentaries. The Yoga Sutras are an ancient collection of Sanskrit texts dating from 500 BCE dealing with Yoga and Meditation in four books. It deals with topics such as Samadhi (meditative absorption), Sadhana (Yoga practice), Vibhuti (powers or Siddhis), Kaivaly (isolation) and Moksha (liberation).
S奴tra 1.14
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of S奴tra 1.14:
啶� 啶む 啶︵啶班啶樴啶距げ啶ㄠ啶班え啷嵿い啶班啶じ啶む啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶膏啶掂た啶む 啶︵啶⑧き啷傕ぎ啶苦 啷� 啷�.啷оオ 啷�
sa tu d墨rghak膩lanairantaryasatk膩r膩sevito 诲峁涐笉丑补产丑奴尘颈岣� || 1.14 ||
蝉补岣�鈥攖hat, this, tu鈥攁苍诲. 诲墨谤驳丑补-办腻濒补鈥攆or a long time. nairantarya鈥攚颈迟丑out interruption, 蝉补迟办腻谤补鈥攚颈迟丑 devotion, 腻蝉别惫颈迟补岣�鈥攂eing well-attended to. 诲峁涐笉丑补-产丑奴尘颈岣�鈥攆irmly rooted, of firm ground, well fixed.
14. And this is firmly rooted, being well-attended to for a long time without interruption and with devotion.
The Sankhya-pravachana commentary of Vyasa
[English translation of the 7th century commentary by 痴测腻蝉补 called the 厂腻峁卥丑测补-pravacana, 痴测腻蝉补bh膩峁a or Yogabh膩峁a]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
鈥淲ell attended to for a long time,鈥� 鈥渨ell attended to without interruption,鈥� 鈥渨ell attended to with devotion,鈥� i.e., brought about by purificatory action (tapas), by continence, by knowledge and by faith, it becomes firmly rooted with welcome devotion. The meaning is that its operation is not then conquered all at once by the outgoing habits of the mind.
The Gloss of Vachaspati Mishra
[English translation of the 9th century Tattvavai艣膩rad墨 by V膩caspatimi艣ra]
But how can practice secure steadiness, when its operations are opposed by the highway robber of outgoing habits, which are in existence from eternity? He explains: 鈥淎nd this is firmly rooted, being well attended to for a long time, without interruption and with devotion.鈥�
This practice then reaches the state of firmness, but not at once, inasmuch as being possessed of the three qualities, its domain, the appearance of calmness, is often overpowered by the habits of outgoing.
If again, having even had resort to practice of this description, one gives it up, it will be overpowered by lapse of time. Hence it should not be given up. This is the meaning.