This work is devoted to two fundamental texts of the Indian religious and philosophical system (darshanas) of Samkhya Yoga, which developed in the era of antiquity and the early Middle Ages: Patanjali’s “Yoga Sutras” and Vyasa’s commentary on them (“Vyasa-bhashya”). “Yoga”. -sutras" became known as the oldest and most authoritative textbook on yoga - a traditional system of psychophysical regulation of consciousness. It was precisely this interpretation of the intended purpose of Patanjali’s text that aroused wide interest in it, going far beyond the circle of academic Indology.