Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.48   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.48   «   »

ग्रहण स्वरूपा स्मितान्वयार्थवत्त्व संयमादिन्द्रियजयः ॥

grahaṇa svarūpa asmitānvayārthavattva saṃyamādindriyajayaḥ .. 3.48..

48. By making Samyama on the objectivity and power of illumination of the organs, on egoism, the inherence of the Gunas in them and on their contributing to the experience of the soul, comes the conquest of the organs.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

In the perception of external objects the organs leave their place in the mind and go towards the object; this is followed by knowledge. Egoism also is present in the act. When the Yogi makes Samyama on these and the other two by gradation, he conquers the organs. Take up anything that you see or feel, a book for instance; first concentrate the mind on it, then on the knowledge that is in the form of a book, and then on the Ego that sees the book, and so on. By that practice all the organs will be conquered.


Yogasutra – Verse 3.48 – Yogasutra-3.48-grahaṇa svarūpā – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-3-48