Succession of the gunas

Sūtra IV.32
With that, the guṇa-s have fulfilled their purpose, and the succession of their changes comes to an end

With that, the guṇa-s have fulfilled their purpose, and the sequence of their changes comes to an end. For having fulfilled the purposes of experience and release, they cannot maintain themselves even a moment longer.

With that, the guṇa-s having fulfilled their purpose, the succession of their changes comes to an end. With that, with the Raincloud samādhi as cause, the guṇa-s of mind have fulfilled their purpose. Sattva and the other two are situated in the mind, and though they are impellers of body and senses, now their purposes have been fulfilled, for the purpose of Puruṣa has been fulfilled. These guṇa-s have fulfilled their purpose in the form of the stream of birth and death, and the succession of their changes comes to an end. For having fulfilled the purposes of experience and release, there is no purpose left for them. They cannot maintain themselves even a moment longer.

What is this succession?

It has been said that the succession of changes comes to an end. Now What is this succession of the guṇa-s, whose coming to an end has been described? To explain, he continues: