Yoga Darshan
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 12 sections
Verse 1
Original
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः
Transliteration
yogashchittavrittinirodhah
Meaning / Translation
Yoga is the cessation of the modifications of the mind
Verse 2
Original
तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानं
Transliteration
tada drashtuh svarupe'avasthanam
Meaning / Translation
Then the seer (Self) abides in its own nature
Verse 3
Original
वृत्तिसारupy्यं इतरत्र
Transliteration
vrittisarupyam itaratra
Meaning / Translation
At other times, (the Self appears to) take on the forms of the mental modifications
Verse 4
Original
वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लेशमूलाः
Transliteration
vrittayah panchatayyah kleshamulah
Meaning / Translation
The mental modifications are fivefold, and are rooted in the afflictions
Verse 5
Original
प्रामाणविपर्ययविकल्पनिद्राप्रश्नतयः
Transliteration
pramanaviparyayavikalpanidraprasantayah
Meaning / Translation
They are right knowledge, wrong knowledge, fantasy, sleep, and memory
Verse 6
Original
प्रत्यक्षानुमानागमाः प्रामाणानि
Transliteration
pratyaksanumanagamah pramanani
Meaning / Translation
The sources of right knowledge are direct perception, inference, and scripture
Verse 7
Original
विपर्ययो मिथ्याज्ञानमतद्रूपप्रतिष्ठं
Transliteration
viparyayo mithyajnanamatadrupapratishtam
Meaning / Translation
Wrong knowledge is a false conception, which is not based on the thing as it is
Verse 8
Original
शब्दज्ञानानुपाती वस्तुशून्यो विकल्पः
Transliteration
shabdajnananupati vastushunyo vikalpah
Meaning / Translation
Fantasy is a conception based on mere words, devoid of reality
Verse 9
Original
स्वप्ननिद्राज्ञानालंबनं वा
Transliteration
svapnanidrajnanalambanam va
Meaning / Translation
Sleep is the mental modification which is based on the experience of dream or deep sleep
Verse 10
Original
अभावप्रत्ययालम्बना वृत्तिर्निद्रा
Transliteration
abhavapratyayalampana vrittirnidra
Meaning / Translation
Sleep is the mental modification which is based on the absence of any contact (with external objects)
Verse 11
Original
स्मृति पूर्वानुभवानं चित्तसंस्कारस्येव
Transliteration
smriti purvanubhavanam chittasamskarasyeva
Meaning / Translation
Memory is the recollection of previous experiences, which is based on the impressions (samskaras) in the mind
Verse 12
Original
ते वृत्तयः पंचतय्यः क्लेशमूलाः
Transliteration
te vrittayah panchatayyah kleshamulah
Meaning / Translation
These five types of mental modifications are rooted in the afflictions