Pada 3, Sutra 18 Sanskrit Verse Sanskaara-saaksaat-karanaat poorva-jaati-jnaanam Translation Through direct perception of subliminal impressions, one gains knowledge of previous lives. Interpretation When one observes the contents of the mind purely as a witness, the subconscious will start to bubble up memory impressions. All life experiences, both internal and external, leave an impression on the mind which can be later called up through memory. So by cognitive absorption

Pada 3, Sutra 17 Sanskrit Verse Shabdaartha-pratyayaanaam itaretaraadhyaasaat sankaras tat-pravibhaaga-sanyamaat sarva-bhoota-ruta-jnaanam Translation There is ordinarily confusion between the words themselves as sound, their meanings and their concepts. By restraint of the mind on their distinctions, there arises knowledge of the sound of all beings. Interpretation Language which is communication is composed of words through the agency of sound. In our everyday interaction

Pada 3, Sutra 16 Sanskrit Verse Parinaama-traya-sanyamaad ateetaanaagata-jnaanam Translation Through constraint on the three stages of transformation comes knowledge of the past and the future. Interpretation A constrained mind is a focused mind that can start to exhibit various psychic powers or Siddhis. These are natural phenomena of the psyche that are not normally experienced due to our thoughts and mind being easily dispersed and distracted. In this verse, the first to

Pada 3, Sutra 15 Sanskrit Verse Kramaanyatvam parinaamaanyatve hetuh Translation The differentiation in the sequence of these changes is the reason for the differences in the stages of transformation. Interpretation The substratum / substance changes form over time. Nothing remains the same as phenomena is characteristic of the three modes of material nature, the Gunas in action. All phenomena within the Universe whether at the molecular or cosmic level undergo sequential c

Pada 3, Sutra 14 Sanskrit Verse Shaantoditaavyapadeshya-dharmaanupaatee dharmee Translation The substance / substratum conforms to the characteristic form which is subject to change as manifest, latent, or subdued. Interpretation Prakriti is the underlying substance or substratum, the constant which is subject to change through the dynamism of the 3 material modes of Nature called the Gunas. This is applicable to both objects and consciousness itself. So in material objects