Yoga Sūtra Chapter Three verse 22
सोपक्रमं निरुपक्रमं च कर्म तत्संयमातपरान्तज्ञानम् अरिष्टेभ्यो वा ॥२२॥
sa-upa-kramaṃ nirupa-kramaṃ ca karma tat-saṃyamāt-aparānta-jñānam-ariṣṭebhyaḥvā ||22||
Actions are near sequence or non-forming sequence;
complete restraint on that or portents,
knowledge of ultimate end.
Commentaries and Reflections
Commentary by T Krishnamacharya:
Commentary by TKV Desikachar:
Commentary by S Ramaswami:
“Karma is of two kinds:
Sa Upa – Very near in the queue to bear fruit or immanent.
Nirupa- That Phala or fruitmwhich is not immanent or immediate.
By Saṃyama on Karma the Yogin can know two things.
One which Karma is immanent and also when his life will end.
The Saṃyama of death is on the division between the two types of Karma.
One with results in this life and the other with results in the next life.”