Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.11   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.11   «   »

सर्वार्थतैकाग्रतयोः क्षयोदयौ चित्तस्य समाधिपरिणामः ॥ ३.११॥

sarvārthataikāgratayoḥ kṣayodayau cittasya samādhipariṇāmaḥ .. 3.11..

11. Taking in all sorts of objects, and concentrating upon one object, these two powers being destroyed and manifested respectively, the Chitta gets the modification called Samadhi.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

The mind takes up various objects, runs into all sorts of things. That is the lower state. There is a higher state of the mind, when it takes up one object and excludes all others, of which Samadhi is the result.


Yogasutra – Verse 3.11 – Yogasutra-3.11-sarvārthataikāgratayoḥ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-3-11