पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
comes to the Yogi.
The more you fly from nature the more she follows you, and if
you do not care for her at all she becomes your slave.
38. ब्रह्मचर्यप्रतिष्ठायां वीर्यलाभः ॥ ३८॥
brahmacharyapratishthayam viryalabhah
By the establishment of continence energy is gained.
The chaste brain has tremendous energy, gigantic will power,
without that there can be no mental strength. All men of
gigantic brains are very continent. It gives wonderful control
over mankind. Leaders of men have been very continent, and
this is what gave them power. Therefore the Yogi must be
continent.
39. अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ॥ ३९॥
aparigrahasthairye janmakathantasanbodhah
When he is fixed in non-receiving he gets the
memory of past life.
When the Yogi does not receive presents from others he does
not become beholden to others, but becomes independent and
free, and his mind becomes pure, because with every gift he
receives all the evils of the giver, and they come and lay
coating after coating on his mind, until it is hidden under all
sorts of coverings of evil. If he does not receive the mind
becomes pure, and the first thing it gets is memory of past life.
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