Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.12   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.12   «   »

अतीतानागतं स्वरूपतोऽस्त्यध्वभेदाद्धर्माणाम् ॥ ४.१२॥

atītānāgataṃ svarūpato’styadhvabhedāddharmāṇām .. 4.12..

12. The past and future exist in their own nature, qualities having different ways.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

The idea is that existence never comes out of non-existence. The past and future, though not existing in a manifested form, yet exist in a fine form.


Yogasutra – Verse 4.12 – Yogasutra-4.12-atītānāgataṃ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-4-12