पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
CHAPTER II - SADHANA PADA
CONCENTRATION - ITS PRACTICE
॥ द्वितीयः साधनपादः ॥

1. तपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः ॥ १॥
   tapahsvadhyayeshvarapranidhanani kriyayogah
   Mortification, study, and surrendering fruits of work
   to God are called Kriya Yoga.
   Those Samadhis with which we ended our last chapter are
   very difficult to attain; so we must take them up slowly. The
   first step, the preliminary step, is called Kriya Yoga. Literally
   this means work, working towards Yoga. The organs are the
   horses, the mind is the reins, the intellect is the charioteer, the
   soul is the rider, and this body is the chariot. The master of the
   household, the King, the Self of man, is sitting in this chariot.
   If the horses are very strong, and do not obey the reins, if the
   charioteer, the intellect, does not know how to control the
   horses, then this chariot will come to grief. But if the organs,
   the horses, are well controlled, and if the reins, the mind, are
   well held in the hands of the charioteer, the intellect, the
   chariot, reaches the goal. What is meant, therefore, by
   mortification? Holding the reins firmly while guiding this
   body and mind: not letting the body do anything it likes, but
   keeping them both in proper control. Study. What is meant by
   study in this case? Not study of novels, or fiction, or story
   books, but study of those books which teach the liberation of
   the soul. Then again this study does not mean controversial
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