Biography of Maharishi Patanjali

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Biography of Maharishi Patanjali:

Many such great men were born in

ancient India, who took Indian culture and light to many countries far and wide. One of such great sages is "Maharishi Patanjali", who has bestowed the world with a prestigious art like yoga. In today's era, yoga has become famous all over the world, and millions of people are benefiting from doing yoga. Full credit for this goes to "Maharishi Patanjali". Today, through this article, we will know in detail about the father of Yoga Shastra, Maharishi PatanjaliMaharishi Patanjali is one of the eminent scholars of India. There is no concrete evidence about his birth. According to many estimates, Patanjali Rishi is considered to be a contemporary of King Pushyamitra Shunga of Pataliputra (185 to 63 BCE).

Maharishi Patanjali is famous for his three major works. He is especially known for writing the first grammar book 'Mahabhashya' and secondly for writing "Panini Ashtadhyai's commentary" and third and foremost for the composition of 'Yoga Shastra i.e.' (Patanjali Yoga Sutras).

Maharishi Patanjali composed the Mahabhashya in Kashi, this book was composed in Kashi at a place called 'Nagkuan'. On the day of Nag Panchami, many scholars and students gather near this well and debate about Sanskrit grammar. Mahabhashya is a book of grammar, but facts related to literature, religion, geography, society, living, etc. are found in it.

300 years after the death of Maharishi Patanjali, his book disappeared, because in that era there was no book printing machine and there were only one copy of hand written books. About 11 years ago today, King Jayaditya of Kashmir discovered this book with great diligence. He got the entire book rewritten in many copies and got it publicized in his state.
Since then its studies have been going on till date. Today, it would be wrong to call a person who does not have the knowledge of Mahabhashya as a knower of Sanskrit language. Patanjali gave the Sanskrit language a scientific form. In such an ancient period, there was no such scholar of grammar in any country of the world. Maharishi Patanjali is one of those great men who take birth in one country and become of the whole world.

India has influenced almost all the countries of the world with his yoga-knowledge :

(1) Gyanyoga, (.2) Karmayoga, (3) Hatha Yoga, he has considered eight bases for yoga. In which Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, according to him, the control of the mind is called Yoga. Yoga leads to physical and spiritual development.

In the yoga action, the root-conscious all are involved. All the forces of nature help to complete the yoga. Without concentration, without samadhi and without balance of all powers, yoga-sadhana is not possible.

There is a difference between the exercise or physical education and yoga, which is done in the western way to the students in the school. In the later physical education, emphasis is given only in the development of the body and making the muscles strong. Whereas in yoga, importance is given to the development of body, mind and soul and each of its components ? atom and organ.

Now gradually yoga is also being given importance in schools. Many foreign countries have also adopted the science of Yoga of India. Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut, had also given the credit of his ability to 'Yoga'.

Shri Ram is called Maryada Purushottam and Shri Krishna is called Yogeshwar. Gautam Budh and Mahavir Swami had also practiced yoga. The word 'Yuj' is derived from the word 'Yuj'. Which means add. Through harmony and cohesive position, yoga, by disciplining one's inner instincts, one can experience God through self-surrender.

Yoga is also helpful in the cessation of the mind and in the union of the soul and the Supreme Soul. Patanjali gave a philosophical form to the principles of yoga already scattered in the Rigveda, Arthaveda and Upanishads, the importance of yoga was accepted in Jainism and Bodh religion. Gorakhnath, Kabir and Nanak have also repeatedly praised yoga in their poetry or teachings.

The influence of Patanjali's yoga was also on Tantric sects and Sikh gurus, who adopted it. Swami Vivekananda, Sivananda and Yogananda propagated yoga in the countries of Europe and many yoga centers are running. Lakhs of foreign disciples of Mahesh Yogi come to India to get the education of Yoga.