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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 2.13

सति मूले तद्विपाको जात्यायुर्भोगाः ॥१३॥

sati mūle tad-vipāko jāty-āyur-bhogāḥ

While the root remains, its ripening produces birth, lifespan, and the experience of pleasure-and-pain.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.13

Source: Sanskrit attributed to Patanjali (c. 2nd century BCE – 4th century CE). Public-domain English readings drawn from Swami Vivekananda's 'Raja Yoga' (1896) and Charles Johnston's 'The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali' (1912).

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