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kāraṇam

  • the cause
  • cause

Also appears as kāraṇa

In 3 verses

Chapter 1 2 of 18 chapters Chapter 18
  1. 6.3

    आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते

    kāraṇam — the cause

    For the sage climbing toward yoga, action is said to be the means. For one already established in it, stillness is.

  2. 13.21

    कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते

    kārya — effect

    Nature is said to be the ground of cause and effect and of doing; the person is said to be the ground of the experience of pleasure and pain.

  3. 13.22

    पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्

    kāraṇam — the cause

    The person, seated in nature, experiences the strands born of nature. Attachment to those strands is the cause of birth in good wombs and bad.