176 ([return])
[ Offering up the senses to the fire of restraint means restraining the senses for the practice of Yoga. Offering up the objects of the senses means non-attachment to those objects.]
177 ([return])
[ Suspending the functions of life for contemplation or Yoga.]
178 ([return])
[ In these cases the sacrifices consist in the giving away of wealth, in the ascetic austerities themselves, in meditation, in study, etc. Sreedhara explains the first compound of the second line differently. According to him, it means not study and knowledge, but the knowledge from study.]
179 ([return])
[ All these are different kinds of Yoga, or the different stages of Yoga practice.]
180 ([return])
[ i.e., knowledge being attained, the fruits of action are attained by, at least, their end being compassed.]