Here is proof that MMY adhered to Patanjali’s definition of sanyama.
YS 3.1 deša-bandhaš-cittasya-dhâranâ
: deša = locus, place, spot
: bandha = bind, fasten, cohere
: chitta = individual consciousness
: dhâranâ = holding, focusing
Dhâranâ is binding the mind to a place (or “Holding” is
The legendary Vyasa is often confused by Vaishnavas with Badarayana, the
compiler of the Vedanta Sutras. But, no one seriously believes that
Vyasa (Krishna Dvaipayana) split up all the Vedas into four; scribed the
eighteen Puranas; and authored the Mahabharata AND wrote a commentary on
