Yogasutra – Part 2 – Sādhana-pāda – Yoga and its Practice – Verse 2.32   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 2 – Sādhana-pāda – Yoga and its Practice – Verse 2.32   «   »

शौचसंतोषतपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि नियमाः ॥ २.३२॥

śaucasaṃtoṣatapaḥsvādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamāḥ .. 2.32..

32. Internal and external purification, contentment, mortification, study, and worship of God are the Niyamas.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

External purification is keeping the body pure; a dirty man will never be a Yogi. There must be internal purification also. That is obtained by the virtues named in I.33. Of course, internal purity is of greater value than external, but both are necessary, and external purity, without internal, is of no good.


Yogasutra – Verse 2.32 – Yogasutra-2.32-śaucasaṃtoṣat – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-2-32