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यम नियमासन प्राणायाम प्रत्याहार धारणा ध्यान समाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ॥२९॥
yama niyama-āsana prāṇāyāma pratyāhāra dhāraṇā dhyāna samādhayo-'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ||29|| [RS] 2.29 The limbs of the eight-fold path are as follows: respect for others (yama) and yourself (niyama); harmony with your body (asana), your energy (pranayama), your thoughts (dharana), and your emotions (pratyahara); contemplation (dhyana); ecstasy (samadhi). [JW] 2.29 Abstentions and observances and postures and regulations-of-the-breath and withdrawal-of-the-senses and fixed-attention and contemplation and concentration. [SS] 2.29 The eight limbs of Yoga are:
1) yama (abstinence).
2) niyama (observance) 3) asana (posture) 4) pranayama (breath control). 5) pratyahara (sense withdrawal). 6) dharana (concentration). 7) dhyana (meditation). 8) samadhi (comtemplation, absorption or super-conscious state). [p124] [EB] 2.29 The eight limbs are abstentions, observances, posture, breath, control, disengagement of the senses, concentration, meditation, and absorption. [p242] <Page 2.28 Page 2.30> |
(यम, yama) = respect for others; ethical and moral codes of conduct; codes of
conduct
(नियम, niyama) = respect for yourself; code of conduct vis-à-vis yourself (आसन, āsana) = body posture; seat; harmony with your body (प्राणायाम, prāṇāyāma) = breath control; harmony with vital energy (प्रत्याहार, pratyāhāra) = withdrawal of the senses; harmony with emotions (धारणा, dhāraṇā) = concentration; harmony with thoughts (ध्यान, dhyāna) = contemplation; meditation (समाधयः, samādhayaḥ) = ecstasy; samadhi; goal of yoga; enlightenment; transcendent state (अष्ट, aṣṭa) = respect (अङ्गानि, aṅgāni) = limbs |
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