Sutra 4.30

ततः क्लेशकर्मनिवृत्तिः॥३०॥

tataḥ kleśa-karma-nivr̥ttiḥ ॥30॥

tataḥ=from there; kleśa=afflictions; karma=karma – actions and reactions; nivr̥ttiḥ=cessation, freedom from॥30॥

Aranya

From That Afflictions And Actions Cease.

Taimni

Then follows freedom from Klesas and Karmas.

Sw. Satchidananda

From that samādhi all afflictions and karmas cease.

Bryant

From this comes the cessation of the kleshas [impediments to yoga] and karma.

Discussion

On the attainment of dharma-megha samadhi, the five kleshas listed in sutra 2.3 – avidya (ignorance), asmita (egoism), raga (likes), dvesha (dislikes), and abhinivesha (fear of death) – are destroyed. Moreover, the three kinds of karmas mentioned in sutra 4.7 – shukla (white), krishna (black) and mixed – are also destroyed. As we know klesha and karma act like cause and effect. The sequence of life and death called “samsara” is a result of these karmas which are stored in the karmashaya (the storehouse of karmas). Once these are removed, the yogi lives the life as a “jivanmukta” or liberated while still living. Although the yogi does not incur any fresh karma, he still has to go through the “prarabdha karma” which is the karma allocated at birth for this life span.

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