Patanjali Yoga Sutras (What I have understood) by Vrinda Rao

Patanjali Yoga Darshan (What I have understood) CONTENTS Chapter II  Saadhana-Pad Sootra 12 - Sootra 20 12. क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः । KLESHAMOOLAH KARMAASHAYO DRUSHTAADRUSHTAJANMAVEDANEEYAH KLESHAMOOLAH=ROOT OF SUFFERING; KARMAASHAYO=ACCUMULATED KARMA; DRUSHTA=SEEN; ADRUSHTA=UNSEEN; JANMA=LIFE; VEDANEEYAH=PAINFUL The roots of suffering are the accumulated Karma (impressions of experiences in mind) of the seen (Present) and the unseen (Past) lives. What we call Karma are actually memories of past experiences and the beliefs, judgments and emotions attached to those experiences. Although we may not remember them consciously so they may be unknown to us, but they produce thoughts with corresponding emotions which in our subconscious mind become seeds of manifestation of future similar life experiences. This is the root cause of suffering in our life. 13. सति मूले तद्विपाको जात्यायुर्भोगाः । SATI MOOLE TADVIPAKO JATYAYURBHOGAAH SATI=BEING, BECO...

Patanjali Yoga Darshan (What I have understood) CONTENTS Chapter II  Saadhana-Pad Sootra 1 - Sootra 11 1. तपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः ।  Tapah Svadhyaay Ishwarapranidhaanaani kriyaayogah TAPAH = PENANCE, AUSTERITY, SELF-DISCIPLINE; SVAADHYAAY = SELF STUDY; ISHWARA = GOD; ISHWARA=GOD, THE SUPREME BEING; PRANIDHANAANI = SURRENDER TO GOD; KRIYAYOGAH = YOGA OF ACTIVITY; Penance, Self-Study and Surrender to God together constitute the Kriya Yoga (Yoga of Activity) When one does not let the mind run after the senses, it is in total control. Such control of mind is called Tapah or penance. Svaadhyaay is study of self through deep self inquiry like questioning "Who Am I". There is an all powerful entity which is the cause of all creation, which is all encompassing, eternal without any beginning or end, which cannot be desroyed nor changed, which is formless. This entity is present everywhere and is the basic substance of all forms in the universe.  T...

Patanjali Yoga Darshan (What I have understood) CONTENTS Chapter I  Samaadhi-Pada Sootra 41 - Sootra 51 41. क्षीणवृत्तेरभिजातस्येव मणेर्ग्रहीतृग्रहणग्राह्येषु तत्स्थतदञ्जनतासमापत्तिः । KSHEENAVRUTTERABHIJAATSYEVA MANERGRAHITRUGRAHANAGRAHYESHU TATSATHATADANJANATASAMAAPATTIH KSHEENA = WEAK; VRUTTIHI = TENDENCIES; ABHIJAATASYA = OF APPEARANCE; EVA=LIKE; MANIHI = CRYSTAL, DIAMOND; GRAHEETRU = PERCEIVER, TAKER; GRAHANA = PERCEIVING, TAKING; GRAAHYESHU =  PERCEIVED; TATSTHAH = RESTING ON IT; TAT ANJANATAA = ITS COLOR; SAMAAPATTIH = SEEING SAMENESS, SAME TURN OUT, MEETING, ENCOUNTERING; With weak tendencies of the mind, there is a state of Samaapattih, of appearance of sameness of the perceiver, perceiving and the perceived like a crystal of the color of the object it is resting on. When mind becomes clear of the tendencies, the self, the seer, the seeing mind and the seen become the same. The clear mind (without contents) sees the true self in all that is percei...

Patanjali Yoga Darshan (What I have understood) CONTENTS Chapter I  Samaadhi-Pada Sootra 31 - Sootra 40 31. दुःखदौर्मनस्याङ्गमेजयत्वश्वासप्रश्वासा विक्षेपसहभुवः । DUHKHADOURMANASYAANGAMEJAYATVASHVASAPRASHVASAA VIKSHEPASAHABHUVAH DUHKHA = SORROW, PAIN; DOURMANASYA = OF DEPRESSION, ANGAMEJAYA = TREMBLING OF BODY; SHWASAPRASHVASA = HARD BREATHING; SAHABHUVAH = CO-EXISTING; VIKSHEPA = DISRUPTIONS Sorrow, Depression, Trembling of body, Hard Breathing are also co-existing distractions. Sorrow is the effort to eliminate the pain which is self-created, of worldly causes or of fatal causes of living beings struck by it. Depression is agitation of mind due to shattering of desire. That which makes the body shake is the distraction of mind which is trembling of body. Outside air which is taken in with heaviness through breathing is inhaling or Shvaasa . That air which is thrown out from lung cavity is exhaling or Prashvassa . All these happen to be co-existing distrac...

Patanjali Yoga Darshan (What I have understood) CONTENTS Chapter I  Samaadhi-Pada Sootra 21 - Sootra 30 21. तीव्रसंवेगानाम् आसन्नः । TEEVRASAMVEGAANAAM AASANNAH TEEVRA = INTENSE; SAMVEGAANAAM = OF KEENNESS; AASANNAH = VERY NEAR (TO THE GOAL) It is (the deep meditative state) very near for those of intense keenness.  22. मृदुमध्याधिमात्रत्वात् ततोऽपि विशेषः । MRUDUMADHYAADHIMATRATVAAT TATAH API VISHESHAH MRUDU = MILD; MADHYA = MEDIUM; ADHIMATRATVAAT = OR INTENSE; VISHESHAH = DIFFERENTIATE; TATAH = THEN; API = ALSO Then also the intense keenness can be differentiated into mild, medium or beyond measure. Does the deep meditation become most nearby only from this (keenness)? Then are there no other means also for benefit of it? 23. ईश्वरप्रणिधानाद् वा । ISHVARAPRANIDHAANAAD VAA ISHVARA = GOD; PRANIDHAANAAD = TOTAL SURRENDER; VAA = OR Or from contemplation of God, the Supreme Being. Longing for Grace of that Supreme God, Eeshvara , is only with prayer from co...

Patanjali Yoga Darshan (What I have understood) CONTENTS Chapter I  Samaadhi-Pada Sootra 11 - Sootra 20                                                                                                                           11. अनुभूतविषयासंप्रमोषः स्मृतिः । ANUBHOOTAVISHAYAASAMPRAMOSHAH SMRUTIHI ANUBHOOTA = EXPERIENCED; VISHAYA = SUBJECT MATTER; ASAMPRAMOSHAH = UNDESTROYED; SMRUTIHI = MEMORIES Memory is already experienced, undestroyed subject matter. 12. अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां तन्निरोधः ABHYAASAVAIRAGYABHYAN TANNIRODHAH ABHYAASA = PRACTICE, STUDY; VAIRAGYA = DETACHMENT, DISPASSION, NON-ATTACHMENT; TAT = THEIR; NIRODHAH = STOPPAGE, CONTROL From Study or Abhyaasa ...

Patanjali Yoga Darshan (What I have understood) Contents Chapter I  Samaadhi Pada Sootra 1 - Sootra 10 1. अथ योगानुशासनम् । ATHA YOGAANUSHAASANAM | ATHA= HERE, NOW; YOGA= UNION, CONNECTION; ANUSHAASANA = DISCIPLINE, INSTRUCTION, TEACHING; Now, here is (for auspiciousness), the Instruction of Yoga. 2.योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः | YOGASHCHITTAVRUTTINIRODHAH | YOGA= UNION; CHITTA=MIND; VRUTTI= ACTIVITIES, ATTITUDES, TENDENCIES,  ACTIVITIES; NIRODHAH = CONTROL, STOPPAGE; Yoga is restraint of assumed views in mind.  3. तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम् । TADA DRASHTUHU SVAROOPE AVASTHAANAM | TADA = THEN; DRASHTUHU = SEER;  SVARUPE = own form; Avasthanam = STAYING; Then the Seer stays in own state, in the Own True Sense of Self. 4. वृत्तिसारूप्यम् इतरत्र | VRUTTISAAROOPYAM ITARATRA | SARUPYAM = REPLICATIONS, SIMILAR FORMS; ITARATRA =AT OTHER TIME, ELSE, OTHERWISE; VRUTTI = ATTITUDES, TENDENCIES; Otherwise the replication of the Assumed Views or Vrit...