Patanjali Yoga Sutra 3.9

Sanskrit Sutra

व्युत्थान-निरोधसंस्कारयोरभिभव-प्रादुर्भावौ निरोधक्षणचित्तान्वयो निरोध-परिणामः॥९॥

Swami Vivekananda's translation

By the suppression of the disturbed impressions of the mind, and by the rise of impressions of control, the mind, which persists in that moment of control, is said to attain the controlling modifications.

Vyasa Bhashya (Sanskrit)

अथ निरोधचित्तक्षणेषु चलं गुणवृत्तमिति कीदृशस्तदा चित्तपरिणामः –

व्युत्थाननिरोधसंस्कारयोरभिभवप्रादुर्भावौ निरोधक्षणचितान्वयो निरोधपरिणामः ॥ ९ ॥

व्युत्थानसंस्काराश्चित्तधर्मा न ते प्रत्ययात्मका इति प्रत्ययनिरोधे न निरुद्धा निरोधसंस्कारा अपि चित्तधर्मास्तयोरभिभवप्रादुर्भावौ व्युत्थानसंस्कारा हीयन्ते निरोधसंस्कारा आधीयन्ते। निरोधक्षणं चित्तमन्वेति तदेकस्य चित्तस्य प्रतिक्षणमिदं संस्कारान्यथात्वं निरोधपरिणामः। तदा संस्कारशेषं चित्तमिति निरोधसमाधौ व्याख्यातम् ॥ ९ ॥

Vyasa Bhashya (English Translation)

Now, during the moments of the mind’s restraint (nirodha), since the behavior of the gunas is always active, what kind of transformation (parinama) of the mind occurs then?

The impressions of emergence/out-going (vyutthana-samskaras) are properties of the mind; they are not of the nature of cognitions (pratyayas). Therefore, when cognitions are restrained, these (samskaras) are not restrained. The impressions of restraint (nirodha-samskaras) are also properties of the mind. Their subjugation and appearance occur as follows: the impressions of emergence wane, and the impressions of restraint are generated. The mind is connected with the moment of restraint. This moment-by-moment mutation of impressions in the single (same) mind is called Nirodha-Parinama (transformation of restraint). At that time, the mind has only impressions left in it; this has been explained under ‘Nirodha-Samadhi’ (in Chapter 1). || 9 ||

Chapter link: Yoga Sutra Chapter 3