Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.23   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.23   «   »

सोपक्रमं निरुपक्रमं च कर्म
तत्संयमादपरान्तज्ञानमरिष्टेभ्यो वा ॥

sopakramaṃ nirupakramaṃ ca karma
tatsaṃyamādaparāntajñānamariṣṭebhyo vā .. 3.23..

23. Karma is of two kinds — soon to be fructified and late to be fructified. By making Samyama on these, or by the signs called Arishta, portents, the Yogis know the exact time of separation from their bodies.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

When a Yogi makes a Samyama on his own Karma, upon those impressions in his mind which are now working, and those which are just waiting to work, he knows exactly by those that are waiting when his body will fall. He knows when he will die, at what hour, even at what minute. The Hindus think very much of that knowledge or consciousness of the nearness of death, because it is taught in the Gita that the thoughts at the moment of departure are great powers in determining the next life.


Yogasutra – Verse 3.23 – Yogasutra-3.23-sopakramaṃ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-3-23