YOGA SUTRAS
SUTRA 7
TRAYAM-ANTAR-ANGAM PURVEBHYAH
THESE THREE, THE INNER LIMBS, ARE DISTINCT FROM THE ONES MENTIONED BEFORE.
SUTRA 8
TAD API BAHIR-ANGAM NIRBIJASYA
THESE THREE ARE THE OUTER LIMBS OF NIRBIJA, THE SEEDLESS SAMADHI.
SUTRA 9
VYUTTHANA-NIRODHA-SAMSKARAYOR ABHIBHAVA-
PRADURBHAVAU NIRODHA-KSANA CITTA-ANVAYO NIRODHA-
PARINAMAH
WHEN EMERGENCE OR EXTROVERSION IS OVERPOWERED BY THE QUALITY OF RESTRAINT, THERE OCCURS A MOMENT OF INTROVERSION. THIS IS THE RESULT OF RESTRAIN.
SUTRA 10
TASYA PRASANTA VAHITA SAMSKARAT
THE MIND THEN DISCOVERS THE QUALITY OF THE MIND WHEN THERE IS A CALM FLOW.
SUTRA 11
SARVARTHATA EKAGRATAYOH KSAYA-UDAYAU CITTASYA
SAMADHI-PARINAMAH
WHEN ALL OBJECTIVITY IS ENDED AND ONE-POINTEDNESS ARISES, MODIFICATION (OF THE MIND) LEADS TO SAMADHI.
SUTRA 12
TATAH PUNAH SANTO-UDITAU TULYA- PRATYAYAU CITTASYA-
EKAGRATA-PARINAMAH
SO AGAIN WHEN THERE IS EQUALITY OF INTROVERSION AND EXTROVERSION BETWEEN THE RISING OF THOUGHTS AND QUIETNESS, THE RESULT IS ONE-POINTEDNESS OF THE CHITTA, MIND.
THIS CAN INTERPRETED IN PRACTICAL YOGIC TERMS AS THE QUALISING OF THE INGOING AND OUTGOING BREATH, RESULTING IN BALANCING OF THE PRANA IN THE IDA NADI ON THE LEFT AND IN THE PINGALA NADI ON THE RIGHT.
SUTRA 13
ETENA BHUTA INDRIYESU DHARMA-LAKSANA-AVASTHA
PARINAMA VYA KHYATAH
THE STATE OF THE MIND AND SENSES, AND THE NATURE OF THE MIND AND ELEMENTS AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER ARE EXPLAINED AND UNDERSTOOD.
SUTRA 14
SANTA-UDITA-AVYAPADESYA-DHARMA-ANUPATI DHARMI
THIS MEANS THAT THE YOGI REFERRED TO AS THE HOLDER OF DHARMA, RECOGNIZES THE DHARMA OR CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS MIND, WHETHER IT IS QUIETENED OR ACTIVE OR IN-BETWEEN.
SUTRA 15
KRAMAA-ANYATVANI PARINAMA-ANYATEVE HETUH
THE TRANSFORMATION TAKES PLACE IN SUCCESSION IN BETWEEN THESE STATES, CAUSING THE DIFFERENCE IN STATES.
