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विकिस्रोतः तः
पुटमेतत् सुपुष्टितम्
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The word ' tataḥ ' in this verse means in the context 'after composing the Mahābhāṣya'. There is thus a continuity of tradition authenticated by numerous authoritative texts, about Patañjali's contributions to the fields of Yoga and Vaidya besides his epoch-making work in Vyākaraṇa. Hence it is only reasonable to conclude -- till authentic evidences to the contrary are forthcoming -- that the author of the Yogasūtra is the same Patañjali, the author of the Mahabhāṣya.

Author of the Yogasūtrabhāṣya

 There are also unmistakeable evidences to show that the author of the Yogasūtrabhāṣya is the same Vedavyāsa, the celebrated author of the Brahmasūtras. Vācaspatimiśra in his Bhāmati[१]pays his homage to Vedavyāsa, the author of the Brahmasūtras and hails him as the incarnation of the Jñānaśakti of Lord Nārāyaṇa. And in his commentary Tattvaviśāradī[२] on the Yogasūtrabhāṣya, he refers to the author of the bhāṣya by the very same epithet Vedavyāsa. The identity of the authors of the Yogasūtrabhāṣya and the Brahmasūtras follows, therefore, as a simple corollary, if the authority of Vācaspatimiśra is not called into question. A line culled from the Yogavārtika[३] of Vijñānabhikṣu, where the Yogasūtrabhāṣya is described as a veritable milk-ocean scooped out of the intelligence of Vedavyāsa concealing in its hollows diversified gems of knowledge, from which is churned out the amṛta, food for the foremost of Yogins, may also be cited here by way of confirmation of Vedavyāsa's authorship. The most unassailable proof of the identity of the authors of the Yogasūtrabhāṣya and the Brahmasūtra is furnished by Pāyaguṇḍa Vaidyanātha Bhaṭṭa, who states the identity most explicitly in his commentary called Kalā on the Laghumañjūṣā when he says ' 'योगसूत्रभाष्ये वेदान्तसूत्रकृदुक्तत्वात्'. These references point to the conclusion, that the author of the Yogasūtrabhāṣya is Vedavyāsa identical with Bādarāyaṇa, the author of the

  1. ब्रह्मसूत्रकृते तस्मै वेदव्यासाय वेधसे ।
    ज्ञानशक्त्यवताराय नमो भगवतो हरेः ॥

  2. नत्वा पतञ्जलिमृषिं वेदव्यासेन भाषिते ।
    संक्षिप्तस्पष्टबह्वार्था भाष्ये व्याख्या विधास्यते ॥

  3. श्रीपातञ्जलभाष्यदुग्धजलधिर्विज्ञानरत्नाकरो
    वेदव्यासमुनीन्द्रबुद्धिखनितो योगीन्द्रपेयामृतः ।