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Yoga Sutra 2:43
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
KAYEDRIYA SIDDHIR ASUDDHI KSAYAT TAPASAH.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
By austerity, impurities of body and senses are destroyed and occult powers gained.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
kaya indriya siddhih asuddhiksayat tapasah
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Self-discipline (tapas) burns away impurities and kindles the sparks of divinity.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
As the result of mortification, impurities are removed. Then special powers come to the body and the sense-organs.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
The removal of impurities allows the body to function more efficiently.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
kaya indriya siddhih ashuddhi kshayat tapasah
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
hrough ascesis or training of the senses (tapas), there comes a destruction of mental impurities, and an ensuing mastery or perfection over the body and the mental organs of senses and actions (indriyas).
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