Chapter 1.1

Question 1

Entomology of Yoga

Answer 1

yujyate anena iti yoga

That which unites is called Yoga

Question 2

Definition : Yoga Yajnavalkya 1.44

Answer 2

samyoga yoga ityukto
jivatma-paramatmanoh ||

Union of jivatma with paramatma is called Yoga.

Question 3

Yoga Definition : PYS 2/1

Answer 3

yogaschitta vritti nirodhah

Yoga is restraining the mind-stuff (Chitta) from taking various forms (Vrittis).

Question 4

Yoga Definition : PYS 3/1

Answer 4

tada draatuh svarupe’vasthanam

Then the seer is established in his own essential nature.

Yoga is complete stoppage (nirodha) of mental modifications (chitta vritti) so that the seer (drashta) is established in its own self

Question 5

Patanjali

Answer 5

Incarnation of Adisesha, the Serpent God

Question 6

Yoga Definition : BG 48/2

Answer 6

samatvam yoga uchyate

Equanimity is called yoga.

Question 7

Yoga Definition : BG 50/2

Answer 7

yogah karmasu kaushalam

Yoga is skill in action (in accordance with Dharma/righteousness).

Question 8

Yoga Definition : BG 17/6

Answer 8

yuktaahara viharasya yuktacheshtaya karmasu |
yuktasvapnaava bodhasya yogo bhavati dukhahaa||

For one who is moderate in eating and recreation, temperate in actions, regulated in sleep and wakefulness, yoga becomes the destroyer of pain.

Question 9

Yoga Definition : Kathopanishad 2.3

Answer 9

taam yogamiti manyante sthiramindriyadharanam |
apramatastadaa bhavati yogo hi prabhavaapyayo|

Stable and balance state of body, mind and intellect is yoga.

Question 10

Yoga Definition : Yoga Vasishtha 3.9.32

Answer 10

manah prasamana upayah yogah

Yoga is the skill/technique to calm down the mind.

Question 11

Yoga Definition : BG 46/2

Answer 11

siddhyasiddhayoh samo bhutva
samatvam yoga ucyate |

Equanimity of mind, in failure and success, is Yoga.

Question 12

Yoga Definition : BG 9/13

Answer 12

nityam ca samcittatvam ishtanistopattisu

Even mindedness amongst desired and undesired event in life

Question 13

Yoga Definition : Yoga Bija 83 and 84

Answer 13

योऽपानप्राणयोयोगः
स्व-रजोरेतसोस्तथा।
सू
यचय न्द्रमसोयोगो
जीवात्मपरमात्मनो:।।
एवंतद् द्वन्द्द्वजालस्य संयोगो योग उच्यते।।

Union of Prana with Aprana, Surya with Chandra, Rajas with Retas, and Jivatma with Paramatma is called Yoga.

Question 14

Connotations of “yuj”, by Panini

Answer 14

1. yujir yoge (yuj connotes union or yoking)
2. yuja samadhau (yuj connotes concentration)
3. yuja samyamane (yuj connotes control)

Question 15

Aim of Yoga

Answer 15

Ultimate aim of Yoga is self-realization, i.e. moksha, or kaivalya or nirvana.