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Yoga Sutra 3.28
dhruve tad-gati-jñānam Knowledge of the movement of the stars comes from saṁyama on the Pole-Star. In this Sutra the fixed polestar is...
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Yoga Sutra 3.27
candre tārā-vyūha-jñānam Knowledge of the arrangements of the stars comes from saṁyama on the moon. The moon phases set the rhythm for...
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Yoga Sutra 3.26
Bhuvana-jñánam súrye sanyamát Saṁyama on the sun gives knowledge of different parts of the world. Here Patanjali gives the first of three...
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Yoga Sutra 3.25
pravṛtti-āloka-nyāsāt-sūkṣma-vyavahita-viprakṛṣṭa-jñānam Distant, latent, subtle or hidden matters [are discovered through] on ritual...
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Yoga sutra 3.24
baleṣu hasti-balaādīni [Through Saṁyama on] on the qualities beginning with the strengths of an elephant makes strength manifest Here,...
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Yoga Sutra 3.23
maitrī-ādiṣu balāni [Through Saṁyama on] on the qualities beginning with friendship the corresponding strengths will manifest This in...
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Yoga Sutra 3.22
sopakramaṃ nirupakramaṃ ca karma tat-saṃyamāt-aparānta-jñānam-ariṣṭebhyaḥvāh There are actions with clear results and actions with...
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Yoga Sutra 3.21
Kaya-rūpa-saṃyamāt-tat-grāhya-śakti-stambhe cakṣuḥ-prakāśā-asaṃprayoge-antardhānam Meditative integration (saṁyama) on the relationship...
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Yoga Sutra 3.20
na ca tat-sālambanaṃ tasya-āviṣayī-bhūtatvāt [Whilst knowledge of others is acquired] not their foundation, because that is not the...
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Yoga Sutra 3.19
pratyayasya para-citta-jñānam Through Saṁyama on the workings of your mind, knowledge of others is acquired If you truly know yourself...
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Yoga Sutra 3.18
saṃskāra-sākṣāt-karaṇāt-pūrva-jāti-jñānam Knowledge about the origins of previous stages appears when we gain insight into our own...
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Yoga Sutra 3.17
śabda-artha-pratyayānām-itaretara-adhyāsāt-saṃkaraḥ-tat-pravibhāga-saṃyamāt-sarva-bhūta-rūta-jñānam There is a natural confusion of...
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Yoga Sutra 3.16
pariṇāma-traya-saṁyamāt-atīta-anāgata-jñānam Profound understanding on the three types of transformation comes knowledge of the past and...
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Yoga Sutra 3.15
krama-anyatvaṁ pariṇāma-anyatve hetuḥ Different steps result in distinct changes Patañjali tells us that every change is the result or...
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Yoga Sutra 3.14
śānta-udita-avyapadeśya-dharma-anupātī dharmī The underlying substance is retained in the past, present and future characteristics...
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Yoga Sutra 3.13
etena bhūta-indriyeṣu dharma-lakṣaṇa-avasthā-pariṇāmā vyākhyātāḥ In this way, change is essential, secondary and temporary...
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Yoga Sutra 3.12
tataḥ punaḥ śānta-uditau tulya-pratyayau cittasya-ekāgratā-pariṇāmaḥ Then the minds one-pointedness concentration changes again, when its...
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Yoga sutra 3.11
sarva-arthatā-ekāgratayoḥ kṣaya-udayau cittasya samādhi-pariṇāmaḥ The transformation to being “completely absorbed” occurs when your mind...
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Yoga Sutra 3.10
tasya praśānta-vāhitā saṁskārāt Because of this profound tendency, a consistent practise flows from it All the practises described by...
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Yoga Sutra 3.09
vyutthāna-nirodha-saṁskārayoḥ-abhibhava-prādhurbhāvau nirodha-kṣaṇa-citta-anvayaḥ nirodha-pariṇāmaḥ Mental metamorphosis occurs in the...
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