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All translations and transliterations for
Yoga Sutra 2:32
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
SAUCA SAMTOSA TAPAH SVADHYAYESVARAPRANIDHANANI NIYAMAH.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
Niyama consists of purity, contentment, acceptance but not causing pain, study of spiritual books and worship of God [self-surrender].
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
sauca santosa tapah svadhyaya Isvarapranidhanani niyamah
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Cleanliness, contentment, religious zeal, self-study and surrender of the self to the supreme Self or God are the niyamas.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
The niyamas (observances) are purity, contentment, mortification, study and devotion to God.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
Niyama comprises:
  1. Cleanliness, or keeping our bodies and our surroundings clean and neat.
  2. Contentment, or the ability to be comfortable with what we have and what we do not have.
  3. The removal of impurities in our physical and mental systems through the maintenance of such correct habits as sleep, exercise, nutrition, work, and relaxation.
  4. Study and the necessity to review and evaluate our progress.
  5. Reverence to a higher intelligence or the acceptance of our limitations in relation to God, the all-knowing.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
shaucha santosha tapah svadhyaya ishvarapranidhana niyamah
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
Cleanliness and purity of body and mind (shaucha), an attitude of contentment (santosha), ascesis or training of the senses (tapas), self-study and reflection on sacred words (svadhyaya), and an attitude of letting go into one's source (ishvarapranidhana) are the observances or practices of self-training (niyamas), and are the second rung on the ladder of Yoga.
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