#1.21

तीव्रसंवेगानामासन्न:

Tīvrasaṁvegānāmāsannaḥ.

Sucess in yog (Nirvījasamādhi is quickly) reached by those people having an intense desire of the spiritual emancipation.
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#1.20

श्रद्धावीर्यस्मृतिसमाधिप्रज्ञापूर्वक इतरेषाम्

Śraddhāvīryasmṛtisamādhiprajñāpūrvaka itareṣām.

Asamprajnata Samadhi comes through unconditional faith, energy, memory, full concentration and discrimination of the real and true knowledge.
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#1.19

भवप्रत्ययो विदेहप्रकृतिलयानाम्

Bhavapratyayo videhaprakṛtilayānām.

(Nirvījasamādhi is caused by) the mental condition (pratyayaḥ) (that is outcome) of latent impressions of ignorance (bhava) in case of both the Videha or (discarnate) Deva (videha) and Prakṛtilaya-s or those who have dissolved themselves in primeval constituent principle.
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#1.18

विरामप्रत्ययाभ्यासपूर्वः संस्कारशेषोऽन्यः

Virāmapratyayābhyāsapūrvaḥ saṁskāraśeṣo'nyaḥ.

Asamprajnat-Samadhi is the other kind of Samadhi which is attained by constant practice of cessation of all mental modifications and fluctuations, in which the Chitta retains only the unmanifested impression.

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#1.17

वितर्कविचारानन्दास्मितारूपानुगमात्सम्प्रज्ञातः

Vitarkavicārānandāsmitārūpānugamātsamprajñātaḥ.

Samprajñātasamādhi (samprajñātaḥ) (is achieved) by means of (anugamāt) Vitarka, Vicāra, Ānanda and Asmitā.
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All problems are illusions of mind.


"Yogah chitt vritti nirodhah"
(Yog is the cessation of fluctuations of the mind)

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#1.16
तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेर्गुणवैतृष्ण्यम्॥
Tatparaṁ puruṣakhyāterguṇavaitṛṣṇyam.

When through knowledge of (the real nature of) the Purusha, one ceases to desire any manifestation of nature, then that is the extreme non-attachment.
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Wishing you and your family
health, happiness, and prosperity
in the new year.
- Lalit Chauhan
2022

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Yogacharya Lalit Chauhan

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#1.15
दृष्टानुश्रविकविषयवितृष्णस्य वशीकारसञ्ज्ञा वैराग्यम्॥

Dṛṣṭānuśravikaviṣayavitṛṣṇasya vaśīkārasañjñā vairāgyam.

Vairāgya or Renunciation is known as the act of subjugating the desire for objects seen or repeatedly heard from the scriptures.
P. Y. S.

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