Verse by verse · Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
YS 1.12
That settling comes through practice and non-attachment.
Written and reviewed by The Kriya Yogi · Updated 21 September 2026
Sanskrit, in transliteration
abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyāṃ tan-nirodhaḥ
Our own plain rendering, checked against the standard published translations.
What the verse says
Two hands, and the text insists on both. Abhyāsa is the repeated effort; vairāgya is the willingness to stop grasping at results. Practice without non-attachment becomes ambition; non-attachment without practice becomes drift.
In practice
A useful test for any practice week: did you turn up, and did you let go of the scoreboard?
This verse sits in Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, chapter 1 — read our commentary on the whole chapter.