Yoga Sutra - IV - 2 - JATYANTARA PARINAMAH PRAKRTY APURAT - The transformation of one species into another is brought about by the inflow of Nature.Yoga Sutra - IV - 3 - NIMITTAM APRAYOJAKAM PRAKRTINAM VARANABHEDAS TU TATAH KSETRIKAVAT - Incidental events do not directly cause natural evolution; they just remove the obstacles as a farmer [removes the obstacles in a water course running to his field].
Swami Satchidananda translated sutra IV - 2 without commentary. In regard to YS IV - 3 Swami Satchidananda tells us that "Patanjali gives us an example of how a farmer allows the water to run into his field simply by removing the obstacles in his water course. Your mind also wants it run to its original source of tranquility, but there are impediments on the way that obstruct the flow."
Swami Satchidananda tells us that our practices and our teacher does the job of the agriculturist. The guru (teacher) is not giving us anything new; instead just removing obstacles that block the flow of consciousness so it can be continuous back to its source. "The cultivator simply goes looking for some obstacles and takes them out. Once the cultivator removes them, he or she doesn't need to tell the water it can flow." The water is already in the canal.
"How to Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali" translated and commented on by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood for sutra IV - 3:
It is stated for this sutra that "Patanjali explains the Hindu theory of evolution of the species with the illustration of the from agriculture with the farmer irrigating his field is used in the commentary. The water is compared to the "force within us" waiting to be released into the "reservoir ". Vivekanananda is quoted as saying "All progress and power are already in every man.....Perfection is in every man's nature, only it is barred and prevented from taking its proper course. If anyone can take the bar off, in rushes nature."
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