Patanjali supposedly compiled words of wisdom around 2000 years ago in a treatise called Yoga Sutra, which even now remains the guidebook of classical, or raja (royal), yoga. It has 195 aphorisms (sutras), or words of wisdom. He also compiled a dictionary and grammar rules, as well as a book on medicine (Ayurveda). It’s possible that there were many people who contributed to this work.
An aphorism from Yoga Sutra
1. अथ मोगानशुसनठ॥ १॥
atha yoganushasanam
Now concentration is explained.
2. मोगणित्तवणृत्तणनयोध् ॥ २॥
yogashchittavrittinirodhah
Yoga is restraining the mind-stuff (Chitta) from taking various forms (Vrttis)
Translations of Yoga Sutra
By Swami Vivekananda
Singing oneness!
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