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International Yoga Day 2025
International Yoga Day celebrates the timeless practice of yoga—not just as a form of physical exercise, but as a profound journey toward inner awareness and unity. Through powerful visuals and meaningful reflections, this collection highlights yoga's essence as a path to self-realization, concentration, and harmony with the ultimate reality. Let these posts inspire you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with the deeper truth within.
ब्रह्मप्रकाशकं ज्ञानं योगस्तत्रैकचित्तता॥॥
brahmaprakāśakaṃ jñānaṃ yogastatraikacittatā॥॥
Yoga is the enlightening knowledge that reveals the ultimate reality through concentration.
योग वह ज्ञान है जो एकाग्रता के माध्यम से ब्रह्मतत्व की पहचान कराता है।
अग्निपुराणम् ३९४|१
The Definition of Yoga according to Patanjali!
The Definition of Yoga according to Patanjali!
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः।
yogaścittavṛttinirodhaḥ।
Yoga is restraining the mind-stuff (Chitta) from taking various forms (Vrttis).
चित्त अर्थात् अन्त:करण की वृत्तियों का निरोध सर्वथा रुक जाना योग है।
Patanjali's Yoga Sutra 1.2
The Definition of Yoga!
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय ।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा
समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥॥
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanaj́jaya।
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate॥॥
Be steadfast in the performance of your duty, O Arjun, abandoning attachment to success and failure.
Such equanimity is called Yog.
हे धनञ्जय तू आसक्तिका त्याग करके सिद्धिअसिद्धिमें सम होकर योगमें स्थित
हुआ कर्मोंको कर क्योंकि समत्व ही योग कहा जाता है।
Bhagavad Gita 2.48
मनःप्रशमनोपायो योग इत्यभिधीयते॥॥
manaḥpraśamanopāyo yoga ityabhidhīyate॥॥
The recourse to pacify the mind is called yoga.
मन के प्रशमन के उपाय को योग कहते हैं।
Mahopaniṣad 5.42
A prayer revering the great Patanjali.
योपाकरोत्तं प्रवरं मुनीनां पतञ्जलिं प्राञ्जलिरानतोस्मि॥॥
Transliteration:
yogena cittasya padena vācāṃ
malaṃ śarīrasya ca vaidikena ।
yopākarotttaṃ pravaraṃ munīnāṃ pataj́jaliṃ
prāj́jalirānatosmi॥॥
English
Translation:
Who gave yoga for serenity and sanctity of mind,
grammar for clarity
and purity of speech,
and medicine for perfection of health,
Let us bow before the noblest of
sages, Patanjali.
Hindi
Translation:
जिन्होंने मन की शांति और पवित्रता के लिए योग दिया,
भाषण की स्पष्टता और
शुद्धता के लिए व्याकरण दिया,
और स्वास्थ्य की पूर्णता के लिए औषधि,
आइए हम महान ृषि पतंजलि को
नमन करें।
Source:
Patanjali Invocation
Shloka
यम, नियम, आसन, प्राणायाम, प्रत्याहार, धारणा, ध्यान, समाधय: अष्टौ अङ्गानि।
Transliteration:
yama, niyama, āsana, prāṇāyāma,
pratyāhāra, dhāraṇā, dhyāna, samādhaya: aṣṭau aṅgāni।
English Translation:
Principles, Personal
Disciplines, Postures, Control over life forces, Withdrawal of Senses, Focused Concentration,
Meditative Absorption, and Enlightenment are the 8 limbs of Yoga.
Hindi Translation:
सिद्धांत, व्यक्तिगत अनुशासन,
मुद्राएं, जीवन शक्तियों पर नियंत्रण, संवेदना, ध्यान केंद्रित एकाग्रता, ध्यान, और प्रबोधन योग के आठ
अंग हैं।
Source:
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
2.29
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Thank you for sharing these posts
बहुत ही सुन्दर और आराधना योग्य है।