Verses on Sāṃkhya 24.3

24.3

adhyavasāyo buddhir iti | adhyavasāyo niścayaḥ pratipattiḥ ayaṃ sthāṇur ayaṃ puruṣa iti buddher lakṣaṇam | sā ca buddhir aṣṭāṅgā | sāttvikatāmasarūpabhedāt | tatra buddheḥ sāttvikaṃ rūpaṃ caturvidhaṃ bhavati dharmo jñānaṃ vairāgyam aiśvaryam iti | tatra dharmo nāma varṇinām āśramiṇāṃ ca samayāvirodhena yaḥ prokto yamaniyamalakṣaṇaḥ sa dharmaḥ | tatra pañca yamāḥ pañca niyamāḥ | "ahiṃsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ"(pātañjalayogasūtra 2 |30) | "śaucasantoṣatapaḥsvādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamāḥ"(pātañjalayogasūtra 2 |32) | ebhir yamaniyamair yaḥ sādhyate sa dharmaḥ |

[On the words:] "Ascertainment is intellect": ascertainment is certainty, comprehension—"this is a post, this is a man"; such is the definition of intellect. And that intellect has eight parts, owing to the division between its sattvic and tamasic forms. There, the sattvic form of the intellect is fourfold: virtue, knowledge, dispassion, and lordship. Among these, virtue is defined as that which is taught without contradiction to the conventional rules for the caste-classes and stages of life, characterised by restraints and observances; that is virtue. There, the restraints are five, and the observances are five. "Restraints are non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, celibacy, and non-possession" (Pātañjalayogasūtra 2.30). "Observances are cleanliness, contentment, austerity, study, and devotion to God" (Pātañjalayogasūtra 2.32). What is accomplished through these restraints and observances is virtue.