Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translated by Yogi Kalinath - Chapter 2 Verse 2
Pada 2, Sutra 2 Sanskrit Verse Samadhi-bhavanarthah klesha-tanu-karanarthash ca Translation This Yoga (kriya Yoga) has as its purpose the cultivation of Cognitive Absorption (Samadhi) and the attenuating of the root causes of affliction. Interpretation An afflicted mind cannot experience Samadhi or Enstasy (Cognitive Absorption). An afflicted mind that identifies itself with the body-mind complex is by far the source of suffering. Those root causes identification in Yoga are