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SAMYAMA149teristics respectively). By doing Samyama on the Samskaras ofothers he gets the knowledge of their past lives also.(4) Samyama on lndriyas: I III-48^ IIflI the power of cognition, F[Gq own essential nature,s{lTrfd e g o i s m, e4qq q u a I ities, sTelel-€ p u rposef u I n ess, {IiFIl-( bySamyama, Ef{ifqq: mastery over senses.By Samyama on the power of cognition, the essential ownnature, egoism, qualities and purposefulness or condition ofsenses, comes the mastery oyer senses (organs).NOTESJust as there are five conditions for the elements (vlde Sutralll-45), so also there are five states or conditions for the organs.The power of cognition is the power which every organpossesses such as seeing, smelling, hearing, tasting andtouching; their nature refers to the knowledge which eachbrings from the object of cognition; egoism refers to the individualconsciousness that is present in all the acts; qualities areSatfua, Rajas and Tamas; purposefulness is Bhoga andApavarga, enjoyment and emancipation.lf the lndriyas remain quiet without moving towards objects,and if they are fixed in their respective places, the Yogienjoys a peculiar, indescribable Ananda. This is SanandaSamadhi.(5) Siddhis for Samyama on lndriyasrfr 161 t+orurqq: HtrFtEleT*I I [I-49ird: thence, {+qkd[ quick movement like the mind,fu.FgTqlzt: perception without the lndriyas (senses), gElTrtEf€[:mastery over Pradhana (nature),9 and.Thence comes to the body the power of quick movement likemind and perception without the Indriyas (senses) and masteryover riafure.