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All translations and transliterations for
Yoga Sutra 2:55
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
TATAH PARAMA VASYATENDRIYANAM.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
Then follows supreme mastery over the senses.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
tatah parama vasyata indriyanam
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Pratyahara results in the absolute control of the sense organs.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
Thence arises complete mastery over the senses.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
Then the senses are mastered.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
tatah parama vashyata indriyanam
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
Through that turning inward of the organs of senses and actions (indriyas) also comes a supreme ability, controllability, or mastery over those senses inclining to go outward towards their objects.
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