Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 50
तज्जः संस्कारोऽन्यसंस्कारप्रतिबन्धी ॥५०॥
tat-jaḥ saṃskāra-anya-saṃskāra-pratibandhī ||50||
The tendencies born from that oppose other tendencies.
tat - that, thisja - bornsaṃskāra - tendencies, psychological imprint, mental impression, habitual potency; making ready, preparation; a sacred or sanctifying ceremonyanya - different from, other thanpratibandhī - opposeCommentaries and Reflections
T Krishnamacharya:“Each person possesses a body.
Encased in the body, as it were, he goes through pain and pleasure.
The pain and pleasure through the body arises because of contact with the external world.
However such variations of pain and pleasure do not happen to one absorbed in Īśvara.”
The tendencies born from that experience of knowing oppose other tendencies.