--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > shrii bhojadevaviracita-paatañjalayogashaastrasuutravRttiH II 55 > (last sentence): > > tadayaM yogo yamaniyamaadibhiH praaptabiijabhaava > aasanapraaNaayaamair an.kuritaH pratyaahaareNa puSpito > dhyaanadhaaraNaasamaadhibhiH phaliSyati... > > Attempt at an extremely free "translation": > > So, this yoga gets its seeds from yama, niyama > (and stuff: aadhibhiH), sprouts with aasana and > praaNaayaama, blossoms in pratyaahaara and > shall bear fruit with dhyaana, dhaaraNaa and samaadhi?? > > (Why does he have the last three an.gas in a "wrong" order??)
Translation? At any rate he is right to combine them all in a comprehensive whole, even MMY says all 8 (means) must be practiced *simultaneously* in Gita appendix under Yoga.
