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Yoga Sutra 1.13
तत्र स्थितौ यत्नोऽभ्यासः॥१३॥
tatra sthitau yatno-‘bhyāsaḥ ॥13॥
- tatra: of these two (abhyasa and vairagya)
- sthitau: being fixed, established
- yatnah: effort, persistent exertion, sustained endeavour
- abhyāsaḥ: by or with practice, sadhana
- Of these two, abhyasa is the effort for being firmly established in that state of Citta-Vrtti-Nirodha.
- OR
- Continuous effort toward steadiness of mind and to keep the Vrittis perfectly restrained is practice.
Abhyasa means constant practice. Here abhyasa does not mean practicing something for some time. It means you need to practice constantly with full effort or full devotion till you are firmly established. That is why it is called sadhana. When abhyasa becomes natural, firmly rooted in your body, mind and soul, it leads to samadhi.
References
- Four Chapters on Freedom by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, published in 1976.
