Patanjali Yoga Sutras

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order to lesson these disturbances as much as possible all
these methods are devised by Patanjali, that we may practice
any one of them best suited to us.
35. विषयवती वा प्रवृत्तिरुत्पन्ना मनसः स्थितिनिबन्धिनी ॥ ३५॥
vishayavati va pravrittirutpanna manasah
sthitinibandhini
Those forms of concentration that bring extraordinary
sense perceptions cause perseverance of the mind.
This naturally comes with Dharana, concentration; the Yogis
say, if the mind becomes concentrated on the tip of the nose
one begins to smell, after a few days, wonderful perfumes. If
it becomes concentrated at the root of the tongue one begins to
here sounds; if on the tip of the tongue one begins to taste
wonderful flavours; if on the middle of the tongue, one feels
as if he were coming in contact with something. If one
concentrates his mind on the palate he begins to see peculiar
things. If a man whose mind is disturbed wants to take up
some of these practices of Yoga, yet doubts the truth of them,
he will have his doubts set at rest, when, after a little practice,
these things come to him, and he will persevere.
36. विशोका वा ज्योतिष्मती ॥ ३६॥
vishoka va jyotishmati
Or (by the meditation on) the Effulgent One which is
beyond all sorrow.
This is another sort of concentration. Think of the lotus of the
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