Pada 4, Sutra 10 Sanskrit Verse Taatsaam anaaditvam caashiso nityatvaat Translation The Vaasaana or subliminal traits are beginningless due to desires being eternal. Interpretation The Self (Purusha) and Prakriti (Nature) are Eternal. Purusha in essence is the Pure Consciousness as the Eternal Witness while Prakriti is the essence of Nature which gives rise to the world through the interplay of the Trigunas or material modes of Nature. It is the characteristic of Prakriti t

Pada 4, Sutra 9 Sanskrit Verse Jaati-desha-kaala-vyavahitaanaam apyaanantaryam smrti-sanskaarayor eka-roopatvaat Translation Due to the uniformity of memory and mind impressions cause and effect is operational even in separation of birth, place and time. Interpretation Karma still comes into effect despite reincarnating in another body, in a different place and time. We carry in our psyche, in the depth of our subconscious / unconscious mind, the impressions left by our psych

Pada 4, Sutra 8 Sanskrit Verse Tatas tad-vipaakaanugunaanaam evaabhivyaktir vaasanaanaam Translation From that (the three kinds of Karma), only the impressions where conditions become favorable manifest. Interpretation Through repeated actions we create impressions, grooves in our subconscious called Vasanas. These grooves are what are called memories ready to be reawakened, watered through repetition due to stimulation. In other words the right conditions becoming favorabl