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Yoga Sutra 3:13
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
ETENA BHUTENDRIYESU DHARMA LAKSANAVASTHA PARINAMA VYAKHYATAH.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
By this [what has been said in the preceding three Sutras], the transformations of the visible characteristics, time factors and conditions of elements and senses are also described.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
etena bhutendriyesu dharma laksana avastha parinamah vyakhyatah
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Through these three phases, cultured consciousness is transformed from its potential state (dharma) towards further refinement (laksana) and the zenith of refinement (avastha). In this way, the transformation of elements, senses an mind takes place.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
In this state, it passes beyond the three kinds of changes which take place in subtle or gross matter, and in the organs: change of form, change of time and change of condition.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
As it has been established that the mind has different states [corresponding to which there arose different attitudes, possibilities, and behavior patterns in the individual] it can also be said that such changes can occur in all the objects of perception and in the senses. These changes can be at different levels and influenced by external forces such as time or our intelligence.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
etena bhuta indriyasau dharma laksana avastha parinamah vyakhyatah
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
These three transition processes also explain the three transformations of form, time, and characteristics, and how these relate to the material elements and senses.
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