Samadhi Pada

Sentence 23

ishvara pranidhanad va ||23||

ईश्वरप्रणिधानाद्वा ॥२३॥

īśvara-praṇidhānād-vā ||23||

The goal can also be attained via submission to the concept of an ideal being (ishvara). ||24||

ishvara (ईश्वर, īśvara) = (iic.) God; a personal God; the concept of an ideal being
pranidhana (प्रनिधान, pranidhāna) = (abl. sg. n.) devotion
va (वा, vā) = (conj.) or; also; here: the goal of yoga can also be reached through

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