Pariṇāma

Transformation, change, mutation. In YS 2.15, Patañjali identifies pariṇāma as a source of suffering: all change disrupts stability and generates duḥkha. The three pariṇāmas are of dharma (change of state), of lakṣaṇa (change of temporal characteristic), and of avasthā (change of condition). Understanding pariṇāma means recognizing impermanence as the law of prakṛti.