A state of mind filled with dejection, sorrow or despair is known as Daurmanasya in Hinduism. Daurmanasya is the opposite state of Sowmanasya, which indicates a state of mind full of inspiration, energy, peace, wholesomeness and serenity. Both these conditions of the mind are used by Patanjali in his Yogasutra. Daurmanasya is a state which we experience whenever a desire is frustrated, a hope or an expectation is shattered, and we are confronted with an unwanted, unenjoyable situation. Sage Patanjali has called it disturbance (vikshepa). There are five disturbances which accompany the nine obstructions that distract the mind from the path of concentration and stabilization. The five disturbances mentioned by Sage Patanjali in Yoga Sutra (I.31) are pain, affliction, depression of mind, instability of body, irregular breathing. For overcoming the situation, Sage Patanjali recommends the practice of focusing on some object or thought (I.21) – single-minded focus on something we are passio