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All translations and transliterations for
Yoga Sutra 1:15
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
DRSTANUSRAVIKA VISAYA VITRSNASYA VASIKARA SAMJNA VAIRAGYAM.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
The consciousness of self-mastery in one who is free from craving of objects seen or heard about is non-attachment.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
drsta anusravika visaya vitrsnasya vasikarasamjna vairagyam
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Renunciation is the practice of detachment from desires.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
Non-attachment is self-mastery; it is freedom from desire for what is seen or heard.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
At the highest level there is an absence of any cravings, either for the fulfillment of the senses or for extraordinary experiences.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
drista anushravika vishaya vitrishnasya vashikara sanjna vairagyam
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
When the mind loses desire even for objects seen or described in a tradition or in scriptures, it acquires a state of utter (vashikara) desirelessness that is called non-attachment (vairagya).
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