Patanjali’s Sloka

Yogena chittasya padena vācāṃ
Malaṃ śarīrasya ca vaidyakena।
Yo’pākarottaṃ pravaraṃ munīnāṃ
Patañjaliṃ prāñjalirānato’smi॥
Om Shantiḥ Shantiḥ Shantiḥ

Samadhi Pada

1. atha yoga-anuśāsanam
   Now, instructions on Yoga
2. yogaś-citta-vr̥tti-nirodhaḥ
   Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind
3. tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe-‘vasthānam
   Then, the Seer abides in its own nature (Kaivalya or Self-realization)
4. vr̥tti sārūpyam-itaratra
   Otherwise, identification with the mental fluctuations
5. vr̥ttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ
   The modifications of the mind are of five types, and they can be painful or not painful
6. pramāṇa viparyaya vikalpa nidrā smr̥tayaḥ
   (The fluctuations of the mind are) right knowledge, wrong knowledge, imagination, deep sleep and memory
7. pratyakṣa-anumāna-āgamāḥ pramāṇāni
   Direct perception, inference, and testimony are the sources of valid knowledge
8. viparyayo mithyā-jñānam-atadrūpa pratiṣṭham
   False knowledge is a misleading understanding, not based on the true nature of its object of cognition
9. śabda-jñāna-anupātī vastu-śūnyo vikalpaḥ
   Imagination (vikalpa) is the knowledge that follows a verbal expression not connected to the real object (i.e., it refers to a non-existent object)
10. abhāva pratyayālambanā vr̥ttirnidrā
    (The fluctuation of) deep sleep is based on the absence of mental content (cognition)
11. anu-bhūta-viṣaya-asaṁpramoṣaḥ smr̥tiḥ
    Memory is the non-forgetting of perceived objects
12. abhyāsa vairāgyābhyām tannirōdhaḥ
    Persistent practice and freedom from desire—together, these are the means to pacify the fluctuations of the mind
13. tatra sthitau yatno-‘bhyāsaḥ
    Of the two (abhyāsa and vairāgya), diligent application to achieve stability is abhyāsa
14. sa tu dīrghakāla nairantarya satkāra-āsevito dr̥ḍhabhūmiḥ
    This (the practice – abhyāsa), cultivated over a long period (dīrghakāla), without interruptions (nairantarya), and with devotion (satkāra), becomes firmly established (dṛḍhabhūmiḥ)
15. dr̥ṣṭa-anuśravika-viṣaya-vitr̥ṣṇasya vaśīkāra-saṁjṇā vairāgyam
    Vairāgya is the realization (saṁjñā) of balance (vaśīkāra), free from desire (vitṛṣṇasya) for sensory objects (viṣaya), whether stemming from direct experience (dṛṣṭa) or heard of (anuśravika)
16. tatparaṁ puruṣa-khyāteḥ guṇa-vaitr̥ṣṇyam
    The supreme state (of vairāgya) arises from the awareness of the Self (puruṣa), a state of freedom from the guṇa
17. vitarka-vicāra-ānanda-asmitā-rūpa-anugamāt-saṁprajñātaḥ
    Conceptual thought (vitarka), reflection (vicāra), joyful peace (ānanda), and sense of self (asmitā). Through these stages (of samādhi), one attains saṁprajñātaḥ samādhi (realization with content)
18. virāma-pratyaya-abhyāsa-pūrvaḥ saṁskāra-śeṣo-‘nyaḥ
    The other (asamprajñāta samādhi) is preceded by constant practice (abhyāsa) and is characterised by the persistence of only latent impressions (saṁskāra)
19. bhava-pratyayo videha-prakr̥ti-layānām
    For the videha yogi (formless yogi) and the prakṛtilayāna yogi (yogi united with nature), the birth is the mere cause (of asaṁprajñātaḥ samādhi)
20. śraddhā-vīrya-smr̥ti samādhi-prajñā-pūrvaka itareṣām
    For the others is preceded by faith in the path of yoga (śraddhā), determination in following it (vīrya), constant awareness of the journey (smṛti), discernment (prajñā), and meditative absorption (samādhi)
21. tīvra-saṁvegānām-āsannaḥ
    For those who practice with intense (tīvra) ardour (saṁvega), the attainment of samādhi is very close (āsanna)
22. mr̥du-madhya-adhimātratvāt-tato’pi viśeṣaḥ
    Mild (mṛdu), intermediate (madhya), strong (adhimātra), even because of this, there is differentiation (viśeṣaḥ) in the progress of the practice
23. īśvara-praṇidhānād-vā
    Or (vā), asamprajnata samadhi can be attained through devotion (praṇidhānāt) to Īśvara
24. kleśa karma vipāka-āśayaiḥ-aparāmr̥ṣṭaḥ puruṣa-viśeṣa īśvaraḥ
    Īśvara is the special consciousness (puruṣa-viśeṣa) not touched (aparāmṛṣṭaḥ) by afflictions (kleśa), actions (karma), their effects (vipāka), and latent impressions (āśaya)
25. tatra niratiśayaṁ sarvajña-bījam
    There (in Īśvara) is the unmatched (niratiśayam) source (bījam) of omniscience (sarvajña)
26. sa pūrveṣām-api-guruḥ kālena-anavacchedāt
    Īśvara is also (api) the guru of the ancients (pūrveṣām), because he is not limited (anavacchedāt) by time (kālena)
27. tasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ
    Its (tasya) expression (vācakaḥ) is the sacred sound Om (praṇavaḥ)
28. taj-japas-tad-artha-bhāvanam
    Its (taj) repetition (japaḥ) and the contemplation (bhāvanam) of its (tad) meaning (artha) – should be practised
29. tataḥ pratyak-cetana-adhigamo-‘py-antarāya-abhavaś-ca
    From this (tataḥ), the attainment (adhigamaḥ) of an inward-facing (pratyak) consciousness (cētanā) and also (api) the removal (abhāvaḥ) of obstacles (antarāya) occurs
30. vyādhi styāna saṁśaya pramāda-ālasya-avirati bhrāntidarśana-alabdha-bhūmikatva-anavasthitatvāni citta-vikṣepāḥ te antarāyāḥ
    Illness (vyādhi), mental laziness (styāna), doubt (saṁśaya), procrastination (pramāda), physical laziness (ālasyā), attachment to sensory pleasures (avirati), wrong perception (bhrāntidarśana), inability to achieve stability (alabdha-bhūmikatva), inability to maintain progress (anavasthitatvāni). These distractions of the mind (citta-vikṣepāḥ) are the disturbances (antarāyāḥ) on the path of yoga.
31. duḥkha-daurmanasya-aṅgamejayatva-śvāsapraśvāsāḥ vikṣepa sahabhuvaḥ
    Suffering (duḥkha), frustration (daurmanasya), nervousness (aṅgamejayatva), and irregular inhalation (śvāsa) and exhalation (praśvāsa), are symptoms (sahabhuvaḥ) of the distractions (vikṣepa) listed in the previous sutra
32. tat-pratiṣedha-artham-eka-tattva-abhyāsaḥ
    These (tat) are removed (pratiṣedha-artham) through the practice (abhyāsaḥ) of a single principle (eka-tattva)
33. maitrī karuṇā mudito-pekṣāṇāṁ-sukha-duḥkha puṇya-apuṇya-viṣayāṇāṁ bhāvanātaḥ citta-prasādanam
    The pacification of the mind (citta-prasādanam) is attained through the cultivation (bhāvanātaḥ) of friendship (maitrī), compassion (karuṇā), sympathetic joy (muditā), and equanimity (upekṣāṇām), in relation (viṣayāṇām) to happiness (sukha), suffering (duḥkha), virtue (puṇya), and non-virtue (apuṇya)
34. pracchardana-vidhāraṇa-ābhyāṁ vā prāṇasya
    Also (vā) by means of (ābhyām) exhalation (pracchardana) and retention (vidhāraṇa) of the breath (prāṇa)
35. viṣayavatī vā pravr̥tti-rutpannā manasaḥ sthiti nibandhinī
    Or (vā), the arising (utpannā) of a mental movement (pravṛttiḥ), connected to a sensory object (viṣayavatī), ensures (nibandhinī) the stability (sthiti) of the mind (manasaḥ)
36. viśokā vā jyotiṣmatī
37. vītarāga viṣayam vā cittam
38. svapna-nidrā jñāna-ālambanam vā
39. yathā-abhimata-dhyānād-vā
40. paramāṇu parama-mahattva-anto-‘sya vaśīkāraḥ
41. kṣīṇa-vr̥tter-abhijātasy-eva maṇer-grahītr̥-grahaṇa-grāhyeṣu tatstha-tadañjanatā samāpattiḥ
42. tatra śabdārtha-jñāna-vikalpaiḥ saṁkīrṇā savitarkā samāpattiḥ
43. smr̥ti-pariśuddhau svarūpa-śūnyeva-arthamātra-nirbhāsā nirvitarkā
44. etayaiva savicārā nirvicārā ca sūkṣma-viṣaya vyākhyātā
45. sūkṣma-viṣayatvam-ca-aliṇga paryavasānam
46. tā eva sabījas-samādhiḥ
47. nirvicāra-vaiśāradye-‘dhyātma-prasādaḥ
48. r̥taṁbharā tatra prajñā
49. śruta-anumāna-prajñā-abhyām-anya-viṣayā viśeṣa-arthatvāt
50. tajjas-saṁskāro-‘nya-saṁskāra pratibandhī
51. tasyāpi nirodhe sarva-nirodhān-nirbījaḥ samādhiḥ

Sadhana Pada

1. tapaḥ svādhyāy-eśvarapraṇidhānāni kriyā-yogaḥ
2. samādhi-bhāvana-arthaḥ kleśa tanū-karaṇa-arthaś-ca
3. avidyā-asmitā-rāga-dveṣa-abhiniveśaḥ kleśāḥ
4. avidyā kṣetram-uttareṣām prasupta-tanu-vicchinn-odārāṇām
5. anityā-aśuci-duḥkha-anātmasu nitya-śuci-sukha-ātmakhyātir-avidyā
6. dr̥g-darśana-śaktyor-ekātmata-iva-asmitā
7. sukha-anuśayī rāgaḥ
8. duḥkha-anuśayī dveṣaḥ
9. svarasavāhī viduṣo’pi tathārūḍho’bhiniveśaḥ
10. te pratiprasava-heyāḥ sūkṣmāḥ
11. dhyāna heyāḥ tad-vr̥ttayaḥ
12. kleśa-mūlaḥ karma-aśayo dr̥ṣṭa-adr̥ṣṭa-janma-vedanīyaḥ
13. sati mūle tad-vipāko jāty-āyur-bhogāḥ
14. te hlāda paritāpa-phalāḥ puṇya-apuṇya-hetutvāt
15. pariṇāma tāpa saṁskāra duḥkhaiḥ guṇa-vr̥tti-virodhācca duḥkham-eva sarvaṁ vivekinaḥ
16. heyaṁ duḥkham-anāgatam
17. draṣṭr̥-dr̥śyayoḥ saṁyogo heyahetuḥ
18. prakāśa-kriyā-sthiti-śīlaṁ bhūtendriya-ātmakaṁ bhoga-apavarga-arthaṁ dr̥śyam
19. viśeṣa-aviśeṣa-liṅga-mātra-aliṅgāni guṇaparvāṇi
20. draṣṭā dr̥śimātraḥ śuddho-‘pi pratyaya-anupaśyaḥ
21. tadartha eva dr̥śyasya-ātmā
22. kr̥tārthaṁ pratinaṣṭaṁ-apy-anaṣṭaṁ tadanya sādhāraṇatvāt
23. svasvāmi-śaktyoḥ svarūp-oplabdhi-hetuḥ saṁyogaḥ
24. tasya hetur-avidyā
25. tad-abhābāt-saṁyoga-abhāvo hānaṁ taddr̥śeḥ kaivalyam
26. viveka-khyātir-aviplavā hānopāyaḥ
27. tasya saptadhā prānta-bhūmiḥ prajña
28. yoga-aṅga-anuṣṭhānād-aśuddhi-kṣaye jñāna-dīptir-āviveka-khyāteḥ
29. yama niyama-āsana prāṇāyāma pratyāhāra dhāraṇā dhyāna samādhayo-‘ṣṭāvaṅgāni
30. ahiṁsā-satya-asteya brahmacarya-aparigrahāḥ yamāḥ
31. jāti-deśa-kāla-samaya-anavacchinnāḥ sārvabhaumā-mahāvratam
32. śauca saṁtoṣa tapaḥ svādhyāy-eśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamāḥ
33. vitarka-bādhane pratiprakṣa-bhāvanam
34. vitarkā hiṁsādayaḥ kr̥ta-kārita-anumoditā lobha-krodha-moha-āpūrvakā mr̥du-madhya adhimātrā duḥkha-ajñāna-ananta-phalā iti pratiprakṣa-bhāvanam
35. ahiṁsā-pratiṣṭhāyaṁ tat-sannidhau vairatyāghaḥ
36. satya-pratiṣthāyaṁ kriyā-phala-āśrayatvam
37. asteya-pratiṣṭhāyāṁ sarvaratn-opasthānam
38. brahma-carya pratiṣṭhāyāṁ vīrya-lābhaḥ
39. aparigraha-sthairye janma-kathaṁtā saṁbodhaḥ
40. śaucāt svāṅga-jugupsā parairasaṁsargaḥ
41. sattva-śuddhiḥ saumanasya-ikāgry-endriyajaya-ātmadarśana yogyatvāni ca
42. saṁtoṣāt-anuttamas-sukhalābhaḥ
43. kāyendriya-siddhir-aśuddhi-kṣayāt tapasaḥ
44. svādhyāyād-iṣṭa-devatā saṁprayogaḥ
45. samādhi siddhiḥ-īśvarapraṇidhānāt
46. sthira-sukham-āsanam
47. prayatna-śaithilya-ananta-samāpatti-bhyām
48. tato dvaṅdva-an-abhighātaḥ
49. tasmin sati śvāsa-praśvāsyor-gati-vicchedaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ
50. bāhya-ābhyantara-sthambha vr̥ttiḥ deśa-kāla-sankhyābhiḥ paridr̥ṣṭo dīrgha-sūkṣmaḥ
51. bāhya-ābhyantara viṣaya-akṣepī caturthaḥ
52. tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśa-āvaraṇam
53. dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ
54. svaviṣaya-asaṁprayoge cittasya svarūpānukāra-iv-endriyāṇāṁ pratyāhāraḥ
55. tataḥ paramā-vaśyatā indriyāṇām

Vibhuti Pada

1. deśa-bandhaḥ cittasya dhāraṇā
2. tatra pratyaya-ikatānatā dhyānam
3. tadeva-artha-mātra-nirbhāsaṁ svarūpa-śūnyam-iva-samādhiḥ
4. trayam-ekatra saṁyamaḥ
5. tajjayāt prajñālokaḥ
6. tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ
7. trayam-antarangaṁ pūrvebhyaḥ
8. tadapi bahiraṅgaṁ nirbījasya
9. vyutthāna-nirodha-saṁskārayoḥ abhibhava-prādurbhāvau nirodhakṣaṇa cittānvayo nirodha-pariṇāmaḥ
10. tasya praśānta-vāhitā saṁskārat
11. sarvārthatā ekāgrātayoḥ kṣayodayau cittasya samādhi-pariṇāmaḥ
12. tataḥ punaḥ śātoditau tulya-pratyayau cittasya-ikāgratā-pariṇāmaḥ
13. etena bhūtendriyeṣu dharma-lakṣaṇa-avasthā pariṇāmā vyākhyātāḥ
14. śān-odita-avyapadeśya-dharmānupātī dharmī
15. kramānyatvaṁ pariṇāmānyateve hetuḥ
16. pariṇāmatraya-saṁyamāt-atītānāgata jñānam
17. śabdārtha-pratyayāmām-itaretarādhyāsāt-saṁkaraḥ tat-pravibhāga-saṁyamāt sarvabhūta-ruta-jñānam
18. saṁskāra-sākṣātkaraṇāt pūrva-jāti-jñānam
19. pratyayasya para-citta-jñānam
20. na ca tat sālambanaṁ tasya-aviṣayī bhūtatvāt
21. kāya-rūpa-saṁyamāt tat-grāhyaśakti-stambhe cakṣuḥ prakāśāsaṁprayoge-‘ntardhānam
22. (a) etena śabdādyantardhānamuktam
    (b) sopa-kramaṁ nirupa-kramaṁ ca karma tatsaṁyamāt-aparāntajñānam ariṣṭebhyo vā
23. maitry-adiṣu balāni
24. baleṣu hastibalādīnī
25. pravr̥tty-āloka-nyāsāt sūkṣmā-vyāvahita-viprakr̥ṣṭa-jñānam
26. bhuva-jñānaṁ sūrye-saṁyamāt
27. candre tāravyūha-jñānam
28. dhruve tadgati-jñānam
29. nābhicakre kāyavyūha-jñānam
30. kanṭha-kūpe kṣutpipāsā nivr̥ttiḥ
31. kūrma-nāḍyāṁ sthairyam
32. mūrdha-jyotiṣi siddha-darśanam
33. prātibhād-vā sarvam
34. hrḍaye citta-saṁvit
35. sattva-puruṣāyoḥ atyantā-saṁkīrṇayoḥ pratyayāviśeṣo-bhogaḥ para-arthat-vāt-sva-arthasaṁyamāt puruṣa-jñānam
36. tataḥ prātibha-srāvāṇa-vedana-ādarśa-āsvāda-vārtā jāyante
37. te samādhav-upasargā[ḥ]-vyutthāne siddhayaḥ
38. badnha-kāraṇa-śaithilyāt pracāra-saṁvedanācca cittasya paraśarīrāveśaḥ
39. udāna-jayāat jala-paṇkha-kaṇṭakādiṣv-asaṅgo-‘tkrāntiśca
40. samāna-jayāj-jvalanam
41. śrotra-ākāśayoḥ saṁbandha-saṁyamāt divyaṁ śrotram
42. kāyākāśayoḥ saṁbandha-saṁyamāt laghu-tūla-samāpatteśca-ākāśa gamanam
43. bahir-akalpitā vr̥ttiḥ mahā-videhā tataḥ prakāśa-āvaraṇa-kṣayaḥ
44. sthūla-svarūpa-sūkṣma-anvaya-arthavattva-saṁyamāt bhūtajayaḥ
45. tato-‘ṇimādi-prādurbhāvaḥ kāyasaṁpat tad-dharānabhighātśca
46. rūpa-lāvaṇya-bala-vajra-saṁhananatvāni kāyasaṁpat
47. grahaṇa-svarūpa-asmitā-avaya-arthavattva-saṁyamāt-indriya jayaḥ
48. tato mano-javitvaṁ vikaraṇa-bhāvaḥ pradhāna-jayaś-ca
49. sattva-puruṣa-anyatā-khyātimātrasya sarva-bhāvā-adhiṣṭhātr̥tvaṁ sarva-jñātr̥tvaṁ ca
50. tad-vairāgyād-api doṣa-bīja-kṣaye kaivalyam
51. sthāny-upa-nimantraṇe saṅga-smaya-akaraṇaṁ punar-aniṣṭa-prasaṅgāt
52. kṣaṇa-tat-kramayoḥ saṁyamāt vivekajaṁ-jñānam
53. jāti-lakṣaṇa-deśaiḥ anyatā-anavacchedāt tulyayoḥ tataḥ pratipattiḥ
54. tārakaṁ sarva-viṣayaṁ sarvathā-viṣayam-akramaṁ-ceti vivekajaṁ jñānam
55. sattva-puruṣayoḥ śuddhisāmye kaivalyam

Kaivalya Pada

1. janma-oṣadhi-mantra-tapas-samādhi-jāḥ siddhayaḥ
2. jāty-antara-pariṇāmaḥ prakr̥ty-āpūrāt
3. nimittam-aprayojakaṁ prakr̥tīnāṁ-varaṇa-bhedastu tataḥ kṣetrikavat
4. nirmāṇa-cittāny-asmitā-mātrāt
5. pravr̥tti-bhede prayojakaṁ cittam-ekam-anekeṣām
6. tatra dhyānajam-anāśayam
7. karma-aśukla-akr̥ṣṇaṁ yoginaḥ trividham-itareṣām
8. tataḥ tad-vipāka-anugṇānām-eva-abhivyaktiḥ vāsanānām
9. jāti deśa kāla vyavahitānām-apy-āntaryāṁ smr̥ti-saṁskārayoḥ ekarūpatvāt
10. tāsām-anāditvaṁ cāśiṣo nityatvāt
11. hetu-phala-āśraya-ālambanaiḥ-saṁgr̥hītatvāt-eṣām-abhāve-tad-abhāvaḥ
12. atīta-anāgataṁ svarūpato-‘sti-adhvabhedād dharmāṇām
13. te vyakta-sūkṣmāḥ guṇa-atmānaḥ
14. pariṇāma-ikatvāt vastu-tattvam
15. vastusāmye citta-bhedāt-tayorvibhaktaḥ panthāḥ
16. na caika-citta-tantraṁ cedvastu tad-apramāṇakaṁ tadā kiṁ syāt
17. tad-uparāga-apekṣitvāt cittasya vastu-jñātājñātaṁ
18. sadājñātāḥ citta-vrttayaḥ tat-prabhoḥ puruṣasya-apariṇāmitvāt
19. na tat-svābhāsaṁ dr̥śyatvāt
20. eka samaye c-obhaya-an-avadhāraṇam
21. cittāntara dr̥śye buddhi-buddheḥ atiprasaṅgaḥ smr̥ti-saṁkaraś-ca
22. citer-aprati-saṁkramāyāḥ tad-ākāra-āpattau svabuddhi saṁ-vedanam
23. draṣṭr̥-dr̥śy-opa-raktaṁ cittaṁ sarva-artham
24. tad-asaṅkhyeya vāsanābhiḥ citram-api parārtham saṁhatya-kāritvāt
25. viśeṣa-darśinaḥ ātmabhāva-bhāvanā-nivr̥ttiḥ
26. tadā viveka-nimnaṁ kaivalya-prāg-bhāraṁ cittam
27. tac-chidreṣu pratyaya-antarāṇi saṁskārebhyaḥ
28. hānam-eṣāṁ kleśavad-uktam
29. prasaṁkhyāne-‘py-akusīdasya sarvathā vivekakhyāteḥ dharma-meghas-samādhiḥ
30. tataḥ kleśa-karma-nivr̥ttiḥ
31. tadā sarva-āvaraṇa-malāpetasya jñānasya-ānantyāt jñeyamalpam
32. tataḥ kr̥tārthānaṁ pariṇāma-krama-samāptir-guṇānām
33. kṣaṇa-pratiyogī pariṇāma-aparānta nirgrāhyaḥ kramaḥ
34. puruṣa-artha-śūnyānāṁ guṇānāṁ-pratiprasavaḥ kaivalyaṁ svarūpa-pratiṣṭhā vā citiśaktiriti