Yogasutra Sadhana pada - Sutra 1
Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namaha
1. Tapaha svaadhyayaha Iswara pranidhanani kriya yogaha
Meaning : Tapas is the intense search / struggle / practice that one does before he achieves self-realisation. In the modern day, tapas is very difficult, it is rigorous and brute force approach.
Svadhyaya : observing oneself , study of oneself is svadhyaya. sva + adhyaya = study of oneself. It can also mean self-study of scriptures.
Being aware of oneself is svadhyaya.
Iswara pranidhana : Surrender to god is pranidhana. Surrender means accepting that there is a higher nobler truth. If you put effort towards the higher truth , however small it may be, it is surrender. For example doing pranayama is a surrender to Iswara.
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