पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras comes to the Yogi. The more you fly from nature the more she follows you, and if you do not care for her at all she becomes your slave. 38. ब्रह्मचर्यप्रतिष्ठायां वीर्यलाभः ॥ ३८॥ brahmacharyapratishthayam viryalabhah By the establishment of continence energy is gained. The chaste brain has tremendous energy, gigantic will power, without that there can be no mental strength. All men of gigantic brains are very continent. It gives wonderful control over mankind. Leaders of men have been very continent, and this is what gave them power. Therefore the Yogi must be continent. 39. अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ॥ ३९॥ aparigrahasthairye janmakathantasanbodhah When he is fixed in non-receiving he gets the memory of past life. When the Yogi does not receive presents from others he does not become beholden to others, but becomes independent and free, and his mind becomes pure, because with every gift he receives all the evils of the giver, and they come and lay coating after coating on his mind, until it is hidden under all sorts of coverings of evil. If he does not receive the mind becomes pure, and the first thing it gets is memory of past life. 89