Yogasutra Vibhutipada Sutra 9-16
Sri SadGurubhyoh Namah
9. vyutthana nirodhah samskara abhibhava pradurbhavau nirodhah ksana chitta anvayah nirodhah-parinamah
Meaning : The high level of samyama (merging of dharana, dhyana, samadhi) is called 'Nirodhah-parinamah' . It means mastery over the life-cycle of thought patterns.
Thought appearance, and its transition to next thought and disappearance of the original thought is the lifecycle of thought patterns.
10. tasya prashanta vahita samskarat
Meaning : There (in nirodhah-parinamah samyama) a smooth continuous flow of thoughts happen.
11. sarvarathata ekagrata ksaya udaya chittasya samadhi-parinamah
Meaning : Every thought lifecycle is observed with one-pointedness. The thoughts that we talk here are the sub-conscious impressions, rising. This one-pointedness is called samadhi-parinamah.
12. tatah punah shanta-uditau tulya-pratyayau chittasya ekagrata-parinimah
Meaning: Reemergence of subconscious impressions as thoughts and their observation with one-pointedness, and observation of this one-pointedness thought is called ekagrata-parinamah.
13. etena bhuta indriyasau dharma laksana avastha parinamah vyakhyatah
Meaning : The three samyamas explained above will give mastery over the relation between objects, senses, contact between them and subsequent responses from the mind to that contact, and space and time.
14. shanta udita avyapadeshya dharma anupati dharmi
Meaning : The three types of samyama explained above has something in common as substratum.
15. krama anyatvam parinamah anyatve hetu
Meaning: The sequence or order of thoughts and their lifecycle determines the results also.
16. parinimah traya samyama atita anagata jnana
Meaning : By mastering the three samyamas, one gets knowledge of past and future.
How ?
The thoughts that rise from subconscious are what past is. and the sequencing of thoughts that will follow is what determines the future. Hence observing the thought patterns will give us a clue as to the past and future.
Hari OM
