Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 3.16
परिणामत्रयसंयमादतीतानागतज्ञानम् ||16||
Through Saṃyama on the three transformations [of property, temporal characteristic, and state] (pariṇāma-traya-saṃyamāt | abl sg) [arises] knowledge of the past and future (atītānāgata-jñānam | nom sg).
Follow a sensation through its whole transformation (pariṇāma): Where did it come from, what does it feel like now, and where might it be going? In this way, past and future become readable as traces and possibilities in the body here and now.
The Vyāsa-Bhāṣya relates this Sūtra to the three transformations explained above:
dharma-pariṇāma: transformation of a characteristic,lakṣaṇa-pariṇāma: transformation of its temporal mark,avasthā-pariṇāma: transformation of its state.
Through saṃyama on these three transformations, the yogin gains knowledge of the past and future. The Vyāsa-Bhāṣya recalls that dhāraṇā, dhyāna, and samādhi together are called saṃyama.
A knowledge of past and future events (comes to an ascetic) from (his rendering) Sanyama– restraint– about the three modifications (just explained).
The knowledge of the past and future (is acquired) through sanyama over the three modifications.
Aus der durch die drei Umwandlungsakte [geläuterten] Allzucht erfolgt Wissen des Vergangenen und Zukünftigen.
As a result of constraint upon the three mutations [there follows] the knowledge of the past and the future.
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