Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda)
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1883 | 103,575 words
The Yoga-Sutra 2.48, English translation with Commentaries. The Yogasutra of Patanjali represents a collection of aphorisms dealing with spiritual topics such as meditation, absorption, Siddhis (yogic powers) and final liberation (Moksha). The Raja-Martanda is officialy classified as a Vritti (gloss) which means its explanatory in nature, as opposed to being a discursive commentary.
Sūtra 2.48
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 2.48:
ततो द्वन्द्वानभिघातः ॥ २.४८ ॥
tato dvandvānabhighātaḥ || 2.48 ||
48. Thereupon non-embarrasment by the pairs.
The Rajamartanda commentary by King Bhoja:
[English translation of the 11th century commentary by Bhoja called the Rājamārtaṇḍa]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
The meaning is that on the control of posture being accomplished, the Yogi is no longer oppressed or embarrased by the pairs, i.e., cold and heat, hunger and thirst, and the like.
Notes and Extracts
[Notes and comparative extracts from other commentaries on the Yogasūtra]
[This is the ultimate fruit of attaining perfection in assuming the different postures above adverted to.]
Having thus described how to controul the postures he describes regulation of breath.