Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda)
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1883 | 103,575 words
The Yoga-Sutra 3.6, 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 3.6
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 3.6:
तस्य भूमिषु विनियोगः ॥ ३.६ ॥
tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ || 3.6 ||
6. It is to be applied according to its stages.
The Rajamartanda commentary by King Bhoja:
[English translation of the 11th century commentary by Bhoja called the Rājamārtaṇḍa]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
According to “its,” i.e., of the Saṃyama, “Stages” it should be applied to the varying conditions of grossness and subtileness of the substratum of the function of the thinking principle. The Saṃyama should be practised in a higher stage after subduing or attaining proficiency, or knowing thoroughly, the lower stages of the thinking principle, for the fruition is not effected by practicing the Saṃyama in the highest stage without first bringing into control the lower ones.
Notes and Extracts
[Notes and comparative extracts from other commentaries on the Yogasūtra]
[The subject matter of this aphorism is a mere detail: it is the rule that Saṃyama should not be attempted for the higher stages of perfection until after it has been practised in the lower stages, i.e., it is to be practised step by step according to the different stages into which the career of the Yogi is divided. See C. II A. XXVII.]
A doubt having arisen why in the chapter on the appliances (C. II) he should have described only five after naming the eight members of the Yoga, and omitted three, the author says: