Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.33   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.33   «   »

क्षणप्रतियोगी परिणामापरान्तनिर्ग्राह्यः क्रमः ॥ ४.३३॥

kṣaṇapratiyogī pariṇāmāparāntanirgrāhyaḥ kramaḥ .. 4.33..

33. The changes that exist in relation to moments and which are perceived at the other end (at the end of a series) are succession.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

Patanjali here defines the word succession, the changes that exist in relation to moments. While I think, many moments pass, and with each moment there is a change of idea, but I only perceive these changes at the end of a series. This is called succession, but for the mind that has realised omnipresence there is no succession. Everything has become present for it; to it the present alone exists, the past and future are lost. Time stands controlled, all knowledge is there in one second. Everything is known like a flash.


Yogasutra – Verse 4.33 – Yogasutra-4.33-kṣaṇapratiyogī – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-4-33