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All translations and transliterations for
Yoga Sutra 3:11
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
SARVARTHATAIKAGRATAYOH KSYAYODAYAU CITTASYA SAMADHIPARINAMAH.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
When there is a decline in distractedness and appearance of one-pointedness, then comes samadhi parinamah (development in samadhi).
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
sarvarthata ekagratayoh ksaya udayau cittasya samadhiparinamah
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
The weakening of scattered attention and the rise of one-pointed attention in the citta is the transformation towards samadhi.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
When all mental distractions disappear and the mind becomes one-pointed, it enters the state called samadhi.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
The mind alternates between the possibility of intense concentration and a state where alternative objects can attract attention.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
sarvarathata ekagrata ksaya udaya chittasya samadhi-parinamah
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
The mastery called samadhi-parinamah is the transition whereby the tendency to all-pointedness subsides, while the tendency to one-pointedness arises.
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