Samadhi Pada
Sentence 12
abhyasa vairagya abhyam tan nirodhah ||12||
अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां तन्निरोधः ॥१२॥
abhyāsa-vairāgya-ābhyāṁ tan-nirodhaḥ ||12||
The state of yoga is attained via a balance between assiduousness (abhyasa) and imperturbability (vairagya). ||12||
abhyasa (अभ्यास, abhyāsa) = assiduousness; cheerfulness; practice
vairagya (वैराग्य, vairāgya) = imperturbability; indifference
abhyam (आभ्यां, ābhyāṁ) = both
tan (तन्, tan) = this
nirodha (निरोध, nirodha) = tranquility; tranquility of all mutable things, i.e. attaining the state of yoga.
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