Yoga Sutra Study

स्वविषयासंप्रयोगे चित्तस्य स्वरूपानुकार इवेन्द्रियाणां प्रत्याहारः॥५४॥

svaviṣaya-asaṁprayoge cittasya svarūpānukāra-iv-endriyāṇāṁ pratyāhāraḥ ॥54॥

sva = their own; viShaya = sense objects; asaMprayoge = not coming in contact with; chittasya = of the mind; svarUpa = nature; anukaara = imitation; iva = as if; indriyaaNaaM = of the senses; pratyaahaaraH = withdrawal;

Sw. Satchidananda

"When the senses withdraw themselves . . . → Read More: Sutra 2.54

ततः क्षीयते प्रकाशावरणम्॥५२॥

tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśa-āvaraṇam ॥52॥

tataḥ = then; kṣīyate = is weakened; prakāśa = illumination; āvaraṇam = covering;

Sw. Satchidananda

"As its result, the veil over the inner light is destroyed."

Bryant

"Then, the covering of the illumination [of knowledge] is weakened."

Taimni

"From that is dissolved the covering of light."

Discussion

As . . . → Read More: Sutra 2.52

बाह्याभ्यन्तरस्तम्भवृत्तिर्देशकालसंख्याभिः परिदृष्टो दीर्घसूक्ष्मः॥५०॥

bāhya-ābhyantara-sthambha vr̥ttiḥ deśa-kāla-sankhyābhiḥ paridr̥ṣṭo dīrgha-sūkṣmaḥ ॥

bāhya, external; ābhyantara, internal; stambha, restrained, suppressed; vṛttiḥ, movements; deśa, place; kāla, time; saṅkhyābhiḥ, and by number; paridṛṣṭaḥ, is manifest; dīrgha, long; sūkṣmaḥ, subtle

Sw. Satchidananda

“The modifications of the life-breath are either external, internal or stationary. They are to be regulated by space, time and . . . → Read More: Sutra 2.50

ततो द्वन्द्वानभिघातः॥४८॥

tato dvaṅdva-an-abhighātaḥ ॥48॥

tatah = consequently; dvandva = by the opposites; anabhighaataH = not afflicted

Sw. Satchidananda

“Thereafter, one is undisturbed by the dualities.”

Bryant

“From this, one is not afflicted by the dualities of the opposites.”

Taimni

“From that no assaults from the pairs of opposites.”

Discussion

In the previous two sutras . . . → Read More: Sutra 2.48