This _yoga_ has been declared to have eight things ancillary to it (_aṅga_); these are the forbearances, religious observances, postures, suppression of the breath, restraint, attention, contemplation, and meditation [ii. 29]. Patañjali says, "Forbearance consists in not wishing to kill, veracity, not stealing, continence, not coveting" [ii. 30]. "Religious observances are purifications, contentment, mortification, recitation of texts, and resignation to the Lord" [ii. 32]; and these are described in the Vishṇu Puráṇa [vi. 7, 36-38]-- "The sage who brings his mind into a fit state for attaining Brahman, practises, void of all desire, "Continence, abstinence from injury, truth, non-stealing, and non-coveting; "Self-controlled, he should practise recitation of texts, purification, contentment, and austerity, "And then he should make his mind intent on the Supreme Brahman. "These are respectively called the five 'forbearances' and the five 'religious observances;' "They bestow excellent rewards when done through desire of reward, and eternal liberation to those void of desire." "A 'posture' is what is steady and pleasant" [ii. 46]; it is of ten kinds, as the _padma_, _bhadra_, _víra_, _svastika_, _daṇḍaka_, _sopáśraya_, _paryaṅka_, _krauñchanishadana_, _ushṭranishadana_, _samasaṃsthána_. Yájñavalkya has described each of them in the passage which commences-- "Let him hold fast his two great toes with his two hands, but in reverse order, "Having placed the soles of his feet, O chief of Bráhmans, on his thighs; "This will be the _padma_ posture, held in honour by all."