Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Kaivalya Pada by, B.K.S. Iyengar

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IV.1 janma auṣadhi mantra tapaḥ samādhijāḥ siddhayaḥ

janmauṣadhimantratapaḥsamādhijāḥ siddhayaḥ
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IV.1 janma auṣadhi mantra tapaḥ samādhijāḥ siddhayaḥ

janmauṣadhimantratapaḥsamādhijāḥ siddhayaḥ
Accomplishments may be attained through birth, the use of herbs, incantations, self-discipline or samādhi.
IV.2 jātyantara pariṇāmaḥ prakṛtyāpūrāt

jātyantarapariṇāmaḥ prakṛtyāpūrāt
The abundant flow of nature's energy brings about a transformation in one's birth, aiding the process of evolution.
IV.3 nimittaṁ aprayojakaṁ prakṛtīnāṁ varaṇabhedaḥ tu tataḥ kṣetrikavat

nimittamaprayojakaṃ prakṛtīnāṃ varaṇabhedastu tataḥ kṣetrikavat
Nature's efficient cause does not impel its potentialities into action, but helps to remove the obstacles to evolution, just as a farmer builds banks to irrigate his fields.
IV.4 nirmāṇacittāni asmitāmātrāt

nirmāṇacittānyasmitāmātrāt
Constructed or created mind springs from the sense of individuality (asmitā).
IV.5 pravṛtti bhede prayojakaṁ cittaṁ ekaṁ anekeṣām

pravṛttibhede prayojakaṃ cittamekamanekeṣām
Consciousness is one, but it branches into many different types of activities and innumerable thought-waves.
IV.6 tatra dhyānajam anāśayam

tatra dhyānajamanāśayam
Of these activities of consciousness of perfected beings, only those which proceed from meditation are free from latent impressions and influences.
IV.7 karma aśukla akṛṣṇam yoginaḥ trividham itareṣām

karmāśuklākṛṣṇaṃ yoginastrividhamitareṣām
A yogi's actions are neither white nor black. The actions of others are of three kinds, white, black or grey.
IV.8 tataḥ tadvipāka anuguṇānām eva abhivyaktiḥ vāsanānām

tatastadvipākānuguṇānāmevābhivyaktirvāsanānām
These three types of actions leave impressions which become manifest when conditions are favourable and ripe.
IV.9 jāti deśa kāla vyavahitānām api ānantaryaṁ smṛti saṁskārayoḥ ekarūpatvāt

jātideśakālavyavahitānāmapyānantaryaṃ smṛtisaṃskārayorekarūpatvāt
Life is a continuous process, even though it is demarcated by race, place and time. Due to the uninterrupted close relationship between memory and subliminal impressions, the fruits of actions remain intact from one life to the next, as if there were no separation between births.
IV.10 tāsām anāditvaṁ ca āśiṣaḥ nityatvāt

tāsāmanāditvaṃ cāśiṣo nityatvāt
The impressions, memories and desires have existed eternally, as the desire to live is eternal.