पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
14. शान्तोदिताव्यपदेश्यधर्मानुपाती धर्मी ॥१४॥
shantoditavyapadeshyadharmanupati dharmi
That which is acted upon by transformations, either
past, present or yet to be manifested, is the qualified.
That is to say, the qualified is the substance which is being
acted upon by time and by the Samskaras, and getting
changed and being manifested all the time.
15. क्रमान्यत्वं परिणामान्यत्वे हेतुः ॥१५॥
kramanyatvan parinamanyatve hetuh
The succession of changes is the cause of manifold
evolution.
16. परिणामत्रयसंयमादतीतानागतज्ञानम् ॥१६॥
parinamatrayasanyamadatitanagatajnanam
By making Samyama on the three sorts of changes
comes the knowledge of past and future.
We must not lose sight of the first definition of Samyama.
When the mind has attained to that state when it identifies
itself with the internal impression of the object, leaving the
external, and when, by long practice, that is retained by the
mind, and the mind can get into that state in a moment, that is
Samyama. If a man in that state wants to know the past and
future he has to make a Samyama on the changes in the
Samskaras. Some are working now at present, some have
worked out, and some are waiting to work; so by making a
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