Yoga Sutra III - 18 - SAMSKARA SAKSATKARANAI PURVA JATIJANANAM -By direct perception, through samyama, of one's mental impressions, knowledge of past births is obtained.Swami Satchidananda translated the above sutra without commentary.
From "How to Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali" translated and commented on by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood:
The interpretation of the above sutra is : By making samyama on previous thought-waves, one obtains knowledge of one's past lives.
The commentary is :
"When a thought-wave subsides, it remains within the mind, in a minute, subtle form. Therefore, it can be revived as a memory. And this memory can be made to extend backward into previous incarnations."
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Memory - Smritih YS I - 11
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