3.16 - John Henry Thompson - Invent Your Future
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परिणामत्रयसंयमाततीतानागत ज्ञानम् ॥१६॥
pariṇāmatraya-saṁyamāt-atītānāgata jñānam ||16||
[SS] 3.16 By practicing samyama on the three stages of evolution comes knowledge of past and future. [p183]
[EB] 3.16 When samyama is performed on the three transformations [of characteristics, state, and condition], knowledge of the past and the future ensues. [p329]
(परिणाम, pariṇāma) = change; evolution
(त्रय, traya) = the three
(संयमात्, saṁyamāt) = concentration; contemplation; samyama; meditation
(अतीत, atīta) = past
(अनागत, anāgata) = future
(ज्ञानम्, jñānam) = knowledge; insight