Vibhuti Pada
Sentence 16
parinamatraya sanyamat atitanagata jnanam ||16||
परिणामत्रयसंयमाततीतानागत ज्ञानम् ॥१६॥
pariṇāmatraya-saṁyamāt-atītānāgata jñānam ||16||
Meditation (samyama) on the three types of change (parinama-traya) gives rise to knowledge of the past and future. ||16||
parinama (परिणाम, pariṇāma) = (iic.) change; evolution
traya (त्रय, traya) = (iic.) the three
sanyamat (संयमात्, saṁyamāt) = (abl. sg. m. from sanyama (संयमा, saṁyamā)) concentration; contemplation; samyama; meditation
atita (अतीत, atīta) = (nom. sg. f.) past
anagata (अनागत, anāgata) = (voc. sg. m./voc. sg. n.) future
jnanam (ज्ञानम्, jñānam) = (acc. sg. n. / nom. sg. n. from jnana (ज्ञान, jñāna)) knowledge; insight
Samyama, or meditation, is composed of three successive steps, namely dharana (concentration), dhyana (contemplation) and samadhi (absolute knowledge). With each step, we gain deeper knowledge of the object of our contemplation. What matters here is (a) which object we choose as a focus for samyama; (b) the nature of our insight; and (c) what we experience on the way there. Patanjali suggests a series of subjects for meditation (samyama) (ys 3.16-3.34).
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