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THE YOGA PHILOSOPHY
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one is for the sake of explanation and analysis described as threefold.41
23. In the yoga philosophy the theory of transformtaion of the mind is extended to all objects,42 for there is nothing which is not compounded of one or more or all of the three properties (passivity, activity and grossness) which are ever in a state of transformation. When the very property of a thing is altered it is called property-transformation or shfun. When afterwards the thing with its altered property becomes manifest in relation to some time, past, present or future, it is called its (rather its property's) character transformation or juryUITH, for without the limitation of time it is difficult to characterize or define the nature of any conceivable entity. When after this the particular property thus defined ripens into maturity or decay, it is called its condition-transformation or 37074 RUTH. Thus the whole universe consists of nothing but certain objects and their properties which later by their transformation produce all variety. Thus this philosophy puts forth an explanation of the phenomenal universe in accordance with the doctrine of the Sankhya.
41. As will be explained just below, a thing undergoes trans
formation by means of its various properties, a thing's property undergoes transformation by means of its temporal conditions like 'past-ness', 'present-ness',
future-ness', while a temporal condition of a thing's property undergoes transformation by means of its states like 'raw-ness', 'ripe-ness' etc. The technical name for *thing' is 41, for 'property' y, for temporal condition
Sht', and for state' 27591. Hence Vyasa (in the course of his commentary on YS 3.13): 79 TT #: afruit s i
त्र्यध्वनां लक्षणैः परिणामो लक्षणानामप्यवस्थाभि: परिणामः । 42. YS 3.13
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