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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 2.30

अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ॥३०॥

ahiṁsā-satyāsteya-brahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ

The five yamas are: non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, continence, and non-possessiveness.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.30

Source: Sanskrit attributed to Patanjali (c. 2nd century BCE – 4th century CE). Public-domain English readings drawn from Swami Vivekananda's 'Raja Yoga' (1896) and Charles Johnston's 'The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali' (1912).

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