Sūtra 3.10

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 3.10:

तस्य प्रशान्तवाहिता संस्कारात् ॥ ३.१० ॥

tasya praśāntavāhitā saṃskārāt || 3.10 ||

tasya—its. praśānta-vāhitā—undisturbed (praśānta) Flow (vāhitā); saṃskārāt—by potency.

10. By potency comes its undisturbed flow.—116.

The Sankhya-pravachana commentary of Vyasa

[English translation of the 7th century commentary by Vyāsa called the Sāṅkhya-pravacana, Vyāsabhāṣya or Yogabhāṣya]

[Sanskrit text for commentary available]

Undisturbed flow comes to the mind by the deftness of practice in the generating of the mental potencies of suppression. In case the potencies are weak, the potency characterized by suppression is overpowered by the potency characterized by outgoing activity.—116.

The Gloss of Vachaspati Mishra

[English translation of the 9th century Tattvavaiśāradī by Vācaspatimiśra]

Of what sort is the change of the mind brought about by means of the powerful suppressive tendency, when the potencies of outgoing activity have been altogether overpowered? In answer to the question the author says:—‘By potency comes its undisturbed flow.’

“Undisturbed flow” means the flow in uninterrupted succession of the suppressive potencies alone, free from the impurity of the outgoing potencies.

But then why does it stand in need of the deftness in generating potencies? Why not potency alone? For this reasen the Bhāṣyakāra says:—‘In case the potencies are weak, &c.’ The potencies referred to are those of suppression. Those however who read a ‘not’ before ‘overpowered,’ explain the potencies to be those of the outgoing activities.—10.