DarshanaSūtra (Yoga Darshana)
पातञ्जलयोगसूत्राणि
Patanjali Yogasutra
Patañjalic. 2nd Century BCE – 4th Century CESūtra (Yoga Darshana)
The foundational text of the Yoga darshana — one of the six āstika schools of classical Indian philosophy — comprising 196 aphoristic sūtras across four pādas (Samādhi, Sādhana, Vibhūti, Kaivalya). Codifies the eight-limbed path (aṣṭāṅga yoga) culminating in the cessation of mental modifications (citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ) and liberation. The traditional dhyāna-śloka credits Patañjali with purifying mind through Yoga, speech through grammar, and body through medicine.
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योगेन चित्तस्य पदेन वाचां मलं शरीरस्य च वैद्यकेन । योऽपाकरोत्तं प्रवरं मुनीनां पतञ्जलिं प्राञ्जलिरानतोऽस्मि ॥
जिन्होंने योग द्वारा चित्त का, व्याकरण (पद) द्वारा वाणी का, और वैद्यक द्वारा शरीर का मल दूर किया — मुनियों में श्रेष्ठ उन पतञ्जलि को मैं हाथ जोड़कर प्रणाम करता हूँ।
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