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The texts
The root texts everything here traces back to. Each verse is shown in the original Sanskrit with an attributed translation, so you can always see exactly where a claim comes from. Nothing is paraphrased from memory.
New to these? Each page opens with what the text is, why it matters, and a few verses to start with.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
YSThe mind, and how to settle it. Yoga's founding text.
195 verses · Patañjali · Swami Vivekananda (1896) · James Haughton Woods (1914) · Plain-language gloss
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
HYPThe body-first yoga: posture, breath, and the locks around them.
392 verses · Svātmārāma · Pancham Sinh · Plain-language gloss
Bhagavad Gita
BGHow to act in the world without being ruled by the outcome.
699 verses · attributed to Vyāsa (traditional) · Annie Besant · Swami Swarupananda (1909) · Plain-language gloss
Gheranda Samhita
GSThe body-first tradition at its most systematic: a seven-step curriculum.
369 verses · Gheraṇḍa