🧘 Samadhi Pada - On Contemplations

समाधिपादः

Verses: 5

Verses

Verse 1

अथ योगानुशासनम्

atha yogānuśāsanam

Now, the teachings of Yoga

Verse 2

योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः

yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ

Yoga is the cessation of the modifications of the mind

Verse 3

तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम्

tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe-'vasthānam

Then the Seer abides in his own nature

Verse 4

वृत्तिसारूप्यमितरत्र

vṛtti-sārūpyam-itaratra

At other times, one appears to assume the form of the modifications

Verse 5

वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लिष्टाक्लिष्टाः

vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ

The modifications of the mind are five-fold. They may be either afflicted or non-afflicted