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patanjali yoga sootraaNi - 1 (samaadhi paada)

atha samaadhipaadaH |

atha yogaanushaasanam ‖ 1 ‖

yogashchittavRRitti nirodhaH ‖ 2 ‖

tadaa drashhTuH svaroope.avasthaanam ‖ 3 ‖

vRRitti saaroopyamitaratra ‖ 4 ‖

vRRittayaH panchatasyaH klishhTaa.aklishhTaaH ‖ 5 ‖

pramaaNa viparyaya vikalpa nidraa smRRitayaH ‖ 6 ‖

pratyakshhaanumaanaagamaaH pramaaNaani ‖ 7 ‖

viparyayo mithyaagnyaanamatadroopa pratishhTam ‖ 8 ‖

shabdagnyaanaanupaatee vastushoonyo vikalpaH ‖ 9 ‖

abhaava pratyayaalambanaa vRRittirnidraa ‖ 10 ‖

anabhoota vishhayaasampramoshhaH smRRitiH ‖ 11 ‖

abhyaasa vairaagyaabhyaaM tannirodhaH ‖ 12 ‖

tatra sthitau yatno.abhyaasaH ‖ 13 ‖

sa tu deerghakaala nairantarya saktaaraasevito dRRiDhabhoomiH ‖ 14 ‖

dRRishhTaanushravika vishhaya vitRRishhNasya vasheekaarasangnyaa vairaagyam ‖ 15 ‖

tatparaM purushhakhyaate-rguNavaitRRishhNaam ‖ 16 ‖

vitarka vichaaraanandaasmitaaroopaanugamaat sampragnyaataH ‖ 17 ‖

viraamapratyayaabhyaasapoorvaH saMskaarasheshho.anayaH ‖ 18 ‖

bhavapratyayo videhaprakRRitilayaanaam ‖ 19 ‖

shraddhaa veerya smRRiti samaadhipragnyaa poorvakaH itareshhaam ‖ 20 ‖

teevrasaMvegaanaamaasannaH ‖ 21 ‖

mRRidumadhyaadhimaatratvaattato.api visheshhaH ‖ 22 ‖

eeshvarapraNidhaanaadvaa ‖ 23 ‖

klesha karma vipaakaashayairaparaamRRishhTaH purushhavisheshha eeshvaraH ‖ 24 ‖

tatra niratishayaM sarvagnyaveejam ‖ 25 ‖

sa eshhaH poorveshhaamapi guruH kaalenaanavacChedaat ‖ 26 ‖

tasya vaachakaH praNavaH ‖ 27 ‖

tajjapastadarthabhaavanam ‖ 28 ‖

tataH pratyakchetanaadhigamo.apyantaraayaabhaavashcha ‖ 29 ‖

vyaadhi styaana saMshaya pramaadaalasyaavirati bhraanti
darshanaalabdhoomikatvaanavasthitatvaani chittavikshhepaste.antaraayaaH ‖ 30 ‖

duHkha daurmmanarasyaangamejayatva shvaasaprashvaasaa vikshhepasahabhuvaH ‖ 31 ‖

tatpratishhedhaarthamekatattvaabhyaasaH ‖ 32 ‖

maitree karuNaa muditopekshhaaNaaM sukha duHkhaa puNyaapuNya vishhayaaNaam-bhaavanaatashchittaprasaadanam ‖ 33 ‖

pracChardRRina vidhaaraNaabhyaaM vaa praNasya ‖ 34 ‖

vishhayavatee vaa pravRRittirootpannaa manasaH sthiti nibandhanee ‖ 35 ‖

vishokaa vaa jyotishhmatee ‖ 36 ‖

veetaraaga vishhayaM vaa chittam ‖ 37 ‖

svapna nidraa gnyaanaalambanaM vaa ‖ 38 ‖

yathaabhimatadhyaanaadvaa ‖ 39 ‖

paramaaNu parama mahattvaanto.asya vasheekaaraH ‖ 40 ‖

kshheeNavRRitterabhijaatasyeva maNergraheetRRirgayaNa graahyeshhu tatstha tadanjanataa samaapattiH ‖ 41 ‖

tatra shabdaartha gnyaana vikalpaiH sankeerNaa savitarkaa samaapattiH ‖ 42 ‖

smRRiti parishuddhau svaroopa shoonyevaartha maatraanirbhaasaa nirvitarkaa ‖ 43 ‖

etayaiva savichaaraa nirvichaara cha sookshhmavishhayaa vyaarakhyaataa ‖ 44 ‖

sookshhma vishhayatvaM chaalingaparyavasaanam ‖ 45 ‖

taa eva saveejaH samaadhiH ‖ 46 ‖

nirvichaara vaishaaraadhye.adhyaatmaprasaadaH ‖ 47 ‖

RRitambharaa tatra pragnyaa ‖ 48 ‖

shrutaanumaana pragnyaabhyaamanyavishhayaa visheshhaarthatvaat ‖ 49 ‖

tajjaH saMskaaro.anyasaMskaara pratibandhee ‖ 50 ‖

tasyaapi nirodhe sarvanirodhaannirvaajassamaadhiH ‖ 51 ‖

iti paatanjalayogadarshane samaadhipaado naama prathamaH paadaH |