Pada 2, Sutra 14 Sanskrit Verse te hlaada-paritaapa-phalaah punyaapunya-hetutvaat Translation Birth, lifespan and life experiences are either pleasurable or painful according to the virtuous or non-virtuous nature of their cause. Interpretation The Law of Cause and Effect must bear fruit at some stage in our journey as an embodied being. Our thoughts, words and actions all create subconscious imprints that will in time manifest as either or both our internal and external par

Pada 2, Sutra 13 Sanskrit Verse Sati moole tad-vipaako jaatyaayur-bhogaah Translation So as the root (of Karma) exists, there will be fruition from it: birth, lifespan and life experiences. Interpretation All thoughts, emotions and actions will bear fruit either in this life or the next. As within the individual so without in life. There is no peace and true contentment to be had in a life lived purely focused on “I”, “me” and “my”. One has to go beyond a self-centered exi

Pada 2, Sutra 12 Sanskrit Verse Klesha-moolah karmaashayo drstaadrsta-janma-vedaneeyah Translation The reservoir of Karmas which are rooted in the Kleshas (afflictions) is experienced in seen/ gross (present) and unseen / subtle (future) existence. Interpretation Through ignorance (of our True Nature) and emotional attachment to temporality, we are driven to think, feel and act in certain ways reinforcing the existence of an illusory self with its attendant attraction and ave