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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 4.11

हेतुफलाश्रयालम्बनैः संगृहीतत्वादेषामभावे तदभावः॥११॥

hetuphalāśrayālambanaiḥ saṅgṛhītatvād eṣām abhāve tadabhāvaḥ

Because vasanas are bound together by cause, fruit, support, and object, when these are absent, the vasanas also are absent.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 4.11

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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