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Then the sages, having paid their respects to Gautama with devotion, asked the yogi-king some questions about yoga. ||217||
O Bhagavan, we have heard the essence of the science of yoga from you many times. Now we wish to know the purification of the other directions. ||218||
O Deva, just as the sun destroys the darkness, so also you destroy all the contradictions in this science of meditation. ||219||
O Lord, you are called a sage because you have attained many riches, you are a muni who knows many things directly, you are called an anagara because you are free from possessions, and you are called a yati because you are in front of both categories. ||220||
Therefore, to overcome the yogas mentioned in the Bhagavata and others, please explain to us the seeds of yoga, as you have heard it, according to reason and scripture. ||221||
Hearing these words, Bhagavan Gautama said, "I will tell you clearly the essence of yoga that you have asked about." ||222||
One should ask a yogi who explains yoga in six ways, "What is yoga? What is samadhi? What is pranayama? What is dharana? What is dhyana? What is dhyeya? What is smriti? What is the fruit of meditation? What are the seeds of meditation? And what is its pratyahara?" ||223-224||
Those who know yoga consider the actions of the body, speech, and mind to be yoga. That yoga attains two forms, due to the difference between good and bad. ||225||
The firm establishment of the mind in the highest results is truly called samadhi or samadhana, or the remembrance of the five supreme beings is also called samadhi. ||226||
The control of the mind, speech, and body, and the maintenance of good intentions, is called pranayama, and the retention of the seed letters mentioned in the scriptures is called dharana.