Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 3.15

क्रमान्यत्वं परिणामान्यत्वे हेतुः॥१५॥

kramānyatvaṁ pariṇāma-anyatve hetuḥ

The difference in sequence is the cause of the difference in transformation.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 3.15

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).