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PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS
धारणासु च योग्यता मनसः ॥५३॥ 53. The mind gains the power of concentratio
Patanjali will define concentration in the first the next chapter. स्वविषयासम्प्रयोगे चित्तस्वरूपानुकार
africaruri TATERT: 114 54. When the mind is withdrawn from sense
sense-organs also withdraw themselves fr pective objects and thus are said to imits This is known as pratyahara.
ततः परमा वश्यतेन्द्रियाणाम् ॥५५॥ 55. Thence arises complete mastery over the s
Just as the provinces of a country are contro taking over the central government, so we mu controlling the mind before we can control the body. As long as there is desire in the mind, the will move eagerly and almost involuntarily towar of desire. A man is aptly said to have a “roving e eyes, of their own accord, follow the figure of an a passing him in the street. The sense-organs are which instinctively imitate their master. If the m and subject to certain passions, then the sens imitate and even exaggerate his weakness, draggi after them as a child is dragged by a strong, unr when the mind is strong and self-controlled the become its orderly and obedient servants. The strength instead of its weakness. Every movemer expresses the self-control of the mind.
