Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.20

Sanskrit Sutra

श्रद्धा-वीर्य-स्मृति-समाधि-प्रज्ञा-पूर्वक इतरेषाम्॥२०॥

Transliteration

śraddhā-vīrya-smṛti-samādhi-prajñā-pūrvaka itareṣām || 20 ||

Translation (Swami Vivekananda)

To others (this Samadhi) comes through faith, energy, memory, concentration, and discrimination of the real.

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Vyasa Bhashya Analysis

Sanskrit (Devanagari)	English Translation
उपायप्रत्ययो योगिनां भवति ।	For [these] yogis, it is a “method-based” (upāya) realization.
श्रद्धा चेतसः संप्रसादः ।	Faith (Śraddhā) is the clarity and serenity of the mind.
सा हि जननीव कल्याणी योगिनं पाति ।	Like a benevolent mother, it protects the yogi.
तस्य हि श्रद्दधानस्य विवेकार्थिनो वीर्यमुपजायते ।	For one who has faith and seeks discernment, energy (Vīrya) arises.
समुपजातवीर्यस्य स्मृतिरुपतिष्ठते ।	In one whose energy has arisen, memory (or mindfulness, Smṛti) becomes steady.
स्मृत्युपस्थाने च चित्तमनाकुलं समाधीयते ।	When memory is present, the undistracted mind becomes concentrated (Samādhi).
समाहितचित्तस्य प्रज्ञाविवेक उपावर्तते ।	To the concentrated mind, the wisdom of discernment (Prajñā) approaches.
येन यथार्थं वस्तु जानाति ।	Through this, one knows things as they truly are.
तदभ्यासात्तत्तद्विषयाच्च वैराग्यादासं प्रज्ञातः समाधिर्भवति ।	From the practice of that [wisdom] and dispassion toward those objects, Asamprajnata Samadhi (the highest state) occurs.

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Chapter Link: Yoga Sutra Chapter 1

Cross-references:

• Dhammapada Verse 8.13 (Virya / Effort)