Ishvara

patañjali yoga sūtrāṇi - 2 (sādhana pāda)

(Patanjali Yoga Sutras - 2 (Sadhana Pada) in English (IAST))

Maharishi Patanjali

The Sadhana Pada, the second chapter of the Yoga Sutras, serves as the practical foundation for spiritual seekers. Attributed to the sage Patanjali, this section outlines Kriya Yoga and the eight limbs of yoga. It explains the mechanics of suffering, the law of karma, and the path to mental clarity through disciplined action. By studying and contemplating these verses, practitioners learn to attenuate their afflictions and cultivate the focus necessary for higher states of consciousness. It is considered an essential roadmap for anyone seeking to transcend worldly limitations and achieve liberation through systematic self-mastery.

atha sādhanapādaḥ |
tapaḥ svādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni kriyāyogaḥ ||1||
samādhibhāvanārthaḥ kleśatanūkaraṇārthaśca ||2||
avidyāsmitārāgadveṣābhiniveśāḥ kleśāḥ ||3||
avidyā kṣetramuttareṣāṃ prasuptatanuvicchinnodārāṇām ||4||
anityāśuciduḥkhānātmasu nityaśucisukhātmakhyātiravidyā ||5||
dṛgdarśanaśaktyorekātmatevāsmitā ||6||
sukhānuśayī rāgaḥ ||7||
duḥkhānuśayī dveṣaḥ ||8||
svarasavāhī viduṣo'pi tathārūḍho'bhiniveśaḥ ||9||
te pratiprasavaheyāḥ sūkṣmāḥ ||10||
dhyānaheyāstadvṛttayaḥ ||11||
kleśamūlaḥ karmāśayo dṛṣṭādṛṣṭajanmavedanīyaḥ ||12||
sati mūle tad vipāko jātyāyurbhogāḥ ||13||
te hlādaparitāpaphalāḥ puṇyāpuṇyahetutvāt ||14||
pariṇāmatāpasaṃskāraduḥkhairguṇavṛttivirodhācca duḥkhameva sarvaṃ vivekinaḥ ||15||
heyaṃ duḥkhamanāgatam ||16||
draṣṭṛdṛśyayoḥ saṃyogo heyahetuḥ||17||
prakāśakriyāsthitiśīlaṃ bhūtendriyātmakaṃ bhogāpavargārthaṃ dṛśyam ||18||
viśeṣāviśeṣaliṅgamātrāliṅgāni guṇaparvāṇi ||19||
draṣṭā dṛśimātraḥ śuddho'pi pratyayānupaśyaḥ ||20||
tadartha eva dṛśyasyātmā ||21||
kṛtārthaṃ prati naṣṭamapyanaṣṭaṃ tadanyasādhāraṇatvāt ||22||
svasvāmiśaktyoḥ svarūpopalabdhihetuḥ saṃyogaḥ ||23||
tasya heturavidyā ||24||
tadabhāvātsaṃyogābhāvo hānaṃ tad dṛśeḥ kaivalyam ||25||
vivekakhyātiraviplavā hānopāyaḥ ||26||
tasya saptadhā prāntabhūmiḥ prajñā ||27||
yogāṅgānuṣṭhānādaśuddhikṣaye jñānadīptirāvivekakhyāteḥ ||28||
yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ||29||
ahiṃsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ||30||
jātideśakālasamayānavacchinnāḥ sārvabhaumā mahāvratam ||31||
śaucasantoṣatapaḥ svādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamāḥ ||32||
vitarkabādhane pratipakṣabhāvanam ||33||
vitarkāhiṃsādayaḥ kṛtakāritānumoditā lobhakrodhamohapūrvakā mṛdumadhyādhimātrā duḥkhājñānānantaphalā iti pratipakṣabhāvanam ||34||
ahiṃsāpratiṣṭhāyāṃ tatsannidhau vairatyāgaḥ ||35||
satyapratiṣṭhāyāṃ kriyāphalāśrayatvam ||36||
asteyapratiṣṭhāyāṃ sarvaratnopasthānam ||37||
brahmacaryapratiṣṭhāyāṃ vīryalābhaḥ ||38||
aparigrahasthairye janmakathantāsambodhaḥ ||39||
śaucātsvāṅgajugupsā parairasaṃsargaḥ ||40||
sattvaśuddhi-saumanasyaikāgryendriyajayātmadarśana-yogyatvāni ca ||41||
santoṣāt anuttamaḥsukhalābhaḥ ||42||
kāyendriyasiddhiraśuddhikṣayāt tapasaḥ ||43||
svādhyāyādiṣṭadevatāsamprayogaḥ ||44||
samādhisiddhirīśvarapraṇidhānāt ||45||
sthirasukhamāsanam ||46||
prayatnaśaithilyānantasamāpattibhyām ||47||
tato dvandvānabhighātaḥ ||48||
tasmin sati śvāsapraśvāsayorgativicchedaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ ||49||
(sa tu) bāhyābhyantarastambhavṛttirdeśakālasaṅkhyābhiḥ paridṛṣṭo dīrghasūkṣmaḥ ||50||
bāhyābhyantaraviṣayākṣepī caturthaḥ ||51||
tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśāvaraṇam ||52||
dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ ||53||
svaviṣayāsamprayoge cittasvarūpānukāra ivendriyāṇāṃ pratyāhāraḥ ||54||
tataḥ paramāvaśyatendriyāṇām ||55||
iti pātañjalayogadarśane sādhanapādo nāma dvitīyaḥ pādaḥ |

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