तं विद्याद्दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम् ।स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा ॥
taṃ vidyād duḥkhasaṃyogaviyogaṃ yogasaṃjñitam |sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo 'nirviṇṇacetasā ||
- तम् · tam
- that
- विद्यात् · vidyāt
- should be known as
- दुःखसंयोगवियोगम् · duḥkhasaṃyogaviyogam
- disconnection from union with suffering
- योगसंज्ञितम् · yogasaṃjñitam
- called yoga
- निश्चयेन · niścayena
- with resolve
- योक्तव्यः · yoktavyaḥ
- should be practiced
- अनिर्विण्णचेतसा · anirviṇṇacetasā
- with undismayed mind
“That disconnection from union with suffering should be known as yoga. That yoga should be practiced with resolve and an undismayed mind.”
— Original plain-language translation
Yoga is defined negatively as unyoking from pain's grip. The remedy is resolute, cheerful persistence rather than gloom. Despair is itself an obstacle the practice must refuse.
— Reader's notes (original)