Translation in progress. Both English versions are original Fire Yoga editorial drafts. “Readable” may add interpretive wording; neither has completed specialist review.
Original · Sanskrit
अथ योगानुशासनम् ॥
atha yogānuśāsanam
Readable translation
Now begins the teaching of yoga.
Translation: Fire Yoga editorial · Draft
Reading notes & interpretation
Atha opens the teaching. Reading it as an invitation to readiness is an interpretation; the short sūtra itself does not set out a complete theory of spiritual preparation.
Source & attribution
Reading source: Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali ↗
Original Sanskrit; see 1.1–1.3, 2.29 and 4.34. Our English renderings are provisional editorial translations.
Original-language excerpt from a traditional work. English translations are newly drafted for this educational site. This page does not reproduce a full modern edition.