Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.3   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.3   «   »

तदेवार्थमात्रनिर्भासं स्वरूपशून्यमिव समाधिः ॥ ३.३॥

tadevārthamātranirbhāsaṃ svarūpaśūnyamiva samādhiḥ .. 3.3..

3. When that, giving up all forms, reflects only the meaning, it is Samādhi.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

That comes when in meditation the form or the external part is given up. Suppose I were meditating on a book, and that I have gradually succeeded in concentrating the mind on it, and perceiving only the internal sensations, the meaning, unexpressed in any form — that state of Dhyana is called Samadhi.


Yogasutra – Verse 3.3 – Yogasutra-3.3-tadevārthamātranirbhāsaṃ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-3-3