Yoga Sutras
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    • 4-1
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    • 4-9
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    • 4-31
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    • 4-33
    • 4-34

< 4-11  >

hetu-phala-āśraya-ālambanaiḥ saṃgṛhītatvād-eṣām-abhāve tat-abhāvaḥ

हेतुफलाश्रयालम्बनैःसंगृहीतत्वातेषामभावेतदभावः

Held together by cause, fruit, correspondence, support, the non-appearance of these the non-appearance of that.


hetu - cause

phala - fruit; consequence, effect; result; retribution (good or bad), gain or loss, reward or punishment, advantage or disadvantage

āśraya - correspondence; that to which anything is annexed, or with which anything is closely connected, or on which anything depends or rests; substratum

ālambana - supporting, resting on

saṃgṛhītatvā - connection

eṣām - of these

abhāva - non-appearance, non-existence, absence

tat - that, this


Commentary by TKV Desikachar:

What factors promote favourable Saṃskāra?

But Saṃskāra can be fed by Vāsanā.

Everything we do has an origin.

Nothing destroys Vāsana, only they become ineffective.


Commentary by Paul Harvey:

Until you can experience without the desire to repeat or reject it, you are subject to the impact of Saṃskāra or tendencies from the past.