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Yoga Sutra Book II
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्याप्रिग्रहा यमाः ॥ ३० ॥
ahimsA-satyAsteya-brahmacharyAparigrahA yamAh II.30
अहिंसा
ahimsA: non-hurtfulness
सत्य
satya: truth
अस्तेय
asteya: non-stealing
ब्रह्मचर्य
brahmacharya: spiritual resolution of desires
अपरिग्रहाः
aparigrahAh: non-possessiveness
यमाः
yamAh: the yama-universal disciplines
शौचसन्तोषतपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि नियमाः ॥ ३२ ॥
shoucha-santosha-tapah-svadhyAyeshvara-pranidhAnAni niyamAh II.32
शौच
shoucha: purity
सन्तोष
santosha: contentment
तपः
tapah: intensity in spiritual practice
स्वाध्याय
svadhyAya: personal study, learning a personal mantra
इश्वर
Ishvara: the omniscient self, seer, teacher, External God, Internal God
प्रणिधानानि
pranidhAnAni: surrender, perfect aligning of attention
नियमाः
niyamAh: internal disciplines