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Yoga Sutra 4:8
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
TATAS TADVIPAKANUGUNANAM EVABHIVYAKTIR VASANANAM.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
Of these [actions], only those vasanas (subconscious impressions) for which there are favorable conditions for producing their fruits will manifest in a particular birth.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
tatah tadvipaka anugunanam eva abhivyaktih vasananam
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
These three types of actions leave impressions which become manifest when conditions are favourable and ripe.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
Of the tendencies produced by these three kinds of karma, only those are manifested for which the conditions are favorable.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
Because the tendency of the mind to act on the basis of the five obstacles, such as misapprehension, has not been erased, they will surface in the future to produce their unpleasant consequences.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
tatah tad vipaka anugunanam eva abhivyaktih vasananam
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
Those threefold actions result in latent impressions (vasanas) that will later arise to fruition only corresponding to those impressions.
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