अतीतानागतं स्वरूपतोऽस्त्यध्वभेदाद्धर्माणाम् ॥
atītānāgataṃ svarūpato'styadhvabhedāddharmāṇām ||
The past and the future exist in their own form, because the characteristics (dharmas) differ [only] in their path through time.
भूत और भविष्य अपने स्वरूप में विद्यमान हैं, क्योंकि धर्मों (लक्षणों) में भेद केवल काल-मार्ग का है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
What you were and what you may become are both present in you as potential. The past is not simply gone and the future is not empty, which is why what you practise now shapes what manifests next.
आप जो थे और जो बन सकते हैं, दोनों आपमें संभावना के रूप में मौजूद हैं। अतीत बस मिट नहीं गया और भविष्य खाली नहीं है; इसीलिए आज की साधना तय करती है कि आगे क्या प्रकट होगा।
The start of Patañjali's theory of time and objects: nothing comes from nothing; past and future states exist in latent form and differ only in whether they are manifest now.