Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra)
by Rama Prasada | 1924 | 154,800 words | ISBN-10: 9381406863 | ISBN-13: 9789381406861
The Yoga-Sutra 2.53, English translation with Commentaries. The Yoga Sutras are an ancient collection of Sanskrit texts dating from 500 BCE dealing with Yoga and Meditation in four books. It deals with topics such as Samadhi (meditative absorption), Sadhana (Yoga practice), Vibhuti (powers or Siddhis), Kaivaly (isolation) and Moksha (liberation).
Sūtra 2.53
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 2.53:
धारणासु च योग्यता मनसः ॥ २.५३ ॥
dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ || 2.53 ||
dhāraṇāsu—for concentration. ca—and. yogyatā—the fitness. manasaḥ—of the mind.
53. And the fitness of the mind for concentration.—104.
The Sankhya-pravachana commentary of Vyasa
[English translation of the 7th century commentary by Vyāsa called the Sāṅkhya-pravacana, Vyāsabhāṣya or Yogabhāṣya]
[Sanskrit text for commentary available]
Further, the fitness of the mind for concentration. By the practice itself of Prāṇāyāma is this secured. As laid down:—
“By the expulsion and retention of breath optionally.”—I.34.—104.
The Gloss of Vachaspati Mishra
[English translation of the 9th century Tattvavaiśāradī by Vācaspatimiśra]
Prāṇāyāma renders the mind fit for concentration, by making it steady.—53.