referred to as Karmasaya in II-l2 because in it lie hidden all the ‘seeds’ of Karma
which will fructify in the present and future lives. All Yogis of a high order who can
withdraw their consciousness into their causal vehicles and can thus come in direct
contact with these impressions are thus able to obtain knowledge of previous lives of
others and their own. The technique of this can be acquired through Samyama.
- (By direct perception through Samyama) of the image occupying the
mind, knowledge of the mind of others.
The meaning of the word Pratyaya has been explained fully elsewhere. It is the
content of the mind functioning through a particular vehicle. As the consciousness of
an ordinary individual in the waking state is functioning through his mental body the
Pratyaya in his case will be the mental image occupying his mind. Anyone who can
see this mental image can gain knowledge of that mind. This can be done by perform-
ing Samyama and establishing clairvoyant contact between the two vehicles. As this
Sutra follows immediately after III-18 the words Saksatkaranat may be considered to
be understood after Pratyayasya.
- But not also of other mental factors which support the mental image for
that is not the object (of Samyama).