354.In Samadhi, the  intellect  becomes free from the defects, becomes one with the Supreme,  and the  changes  of `Thou', `I', and of external things vanish as their unreality is known.

 
SaÓtaE    daÓt:    prm¤prt:    Xa¢Óty¤³:    sma¢D|
k[vI¢°Ïy|    kly¢t    y¢t:    ÞvÞy    svaIÏmBavm¯    ,
tEna¢vïa¢t¢mrj¢ntaÓsaD¤:    dg¯Òva    ¢vkÚpan¯
b#'ak]Ïya    ¢nvs¢t    s¤K|    ¢n¢Ý@yaE    ¢n¢vIkÚp:    .   355   .  

SaÓtaE

calm

daÓt:

self-controlled

prm¤prt:

perfectly retiring from the senseworld

Xa¢Óty¤³:

forbearing

sma¢D|

and devoting himself to the practice of Samadhi

k[vI¢°Ïy|

always,

kly¢t

reflects

y¢t:	the Sanyasin

ÞvÞy	on his own self

svaIÏmBavm¯

being the Self of the whole universe

tEna¢vïa¢t¢mrj¢ntaÓsaD¤:

hence, the imaginations which are due to the gloomof ignorance

dg¯Òva

destroying completely

¢vkÚpan¯

these imaginations

b#'ak]Ïya

as Brahman

¢nvs¢t

lives

s¤K|	blissfully

¢n¢Ý@yaE

free from action

¢n¢vIkÚp:

and the oscillations of the mind

 
355. One who has   given   up   all   desires, is calm and peaceful  and   who   is   full   of   endurance, alone  can  attain  samadhi.In that state, one does away with ignorance and its results; and set on Brahman, one is free from all actions and distractions.
sma¢hta    yE    p#¢vlaÔy    ba/|
½aEæOa¢d    cEt:    Þvmh|    ¢cdaÏm¢n    ,
t    ev    m¤³a    BvpaSbÓDW -
naIÓyE    t¤    paraEßykTa¢BDa¢yn:    .   356   .  

sma¢hta

attaining Samadhi

yE

whose

p#¢vlaÔy

merged

ba/|	the objective world

½aEæOa¢d

the sense-organs

cEt:

the mind

Þvmh|

the very ego

¢cdaÏm¢n

in the Atman

t   ev

those alone

m¤³a	are free from

BvpaSbÓDW

the bondage of transmigration

naIÓyE   t¤

and none else

paraEßykTa¢BDa¢yn:

who but dabble in secondhand talks

 
356.In Samadhi, with all externals removed, freed from bondage, one attains the Supreme Bliss, not those who merely talk of the Atman.
 
    Note:   There   are   two   kinds   of   knowledge:   parkosa   (from   books   and   teachers)   and   aparoksa   (realization   in   the   Self)
 
upa¢DBEdat¯    ÞvymEv    ¢BïtE
caEpaÒypaEhE    ÞvymEv    kEvl:    ,
tÞmaѤpaDE¢vIlyay    ¢v¹an¯
vsEÏsda{kÚpsma¢D¢n¿ya    .   357   .  

upa¢DBEdat¯

through the diversity of the supervening conditions (Upadhis)

ÞvymEv

a man is

¢BïtE

apt to think of himself as also full of diversity

caEpaÒypaEhE

but with the removal of these

ÞvymEv

he is again his own self

kEvl:

the immutable

tÞmaѤpaDE¢vIlyay

therefore,should ever devote

¢v¹an¯

the wise man

vsEÏsda{kÚpsma¢D¢n¿ya

himself to the practice of Nirvikalpa Samadhi for the dissolution of the Upadhis

357. The upadhis  cause the Atman to be seen  different.  Samadhi takes  away all   name  and form  and the wise take to it only   for   this   reason.
   
     Note:   When   one   has   been   in   samadhi   and   comes   out,   one   sees   all   appearances  only   as   dream
 
s¢t    s³aE    nraE    ya¢t    sëav|    /Ek¢n¿ya    ,
k£zkaE    B#mr|    Òyayn¯    B#mrÏvay    kÚptE    .   358   .  

s¢t	to the Real

s³aE   nraE

the man who is attached

ya¢t

becomes

sëav|

Real

/Ek¢n¿ya

through his onepointed devotion

k£zkaE

as the cockroach

B#mr|

on the Bhramara

Òyayn¯

thinking intently

B#mrÏvay

into a Bhramara

kÚptE

is transformed

 
358. Devoid of desire, and constantly thinking of the Supreme, one becomes that Supreme, just as the worm, thinking of the wasp, becomes that wasp.

¢@yaÓtras¢³mpaÞy    k£zkaE
Òyay°¢lÏv|    /¢lBavm¦ÅC¢t    ,
tTWv    yaEg£    prmaÏm    tt¯Ïv|
ÒyaÏva    smaya¢t    tdEk¢n¿ya    .   359   .  

¢@yaÓtras¢³mpaÞy

giving the attachment to all other actions

k£zkaE

as the cockroach

Òyay°¢lÏv|

thinks intently on the Bhramara

/¢lBavm¦ÅC¢t

becomes transformed into that worm

tTWv	in the same manner

yaEg£

the Yogin

prmaÏm

of the Paramatman

tt¯Ïv|

on the truth

ÒyaÏva

meditating

smaya¢t

attains

tdEk¢n¿ya

It through his onepointed devotion to That

359. In deep thought, one loses one's individuality and becomes one with the thought. Over a long time, he becomes that thought.
 
At£v    s¥ßm|    prmaÏm    tt¯Ïv|
n    ÞT¥lè¾Ya    p#¢tpäO¤mhI¢t    ,
sma¢DnaÏyÓts¤s¥ßmv¦äya
åOatÛymay©Ir¢t    S¤Ñ¯Db¤¢Ñ¯D¢B:    .   360   .  

At£v

extremely

s¥ßm|

subtle

prmaÏm

of the Paramatman

tt¯Ïv|

the truth

n	can not be

ÞT¥lè¾Ya

by the gross outgoing tendency of the mind

p#¢tpäO¤mhI¢t

reached

sma¢DnaÏyÓts¤s¥ßmv¦äya

by means of Samadhi brought on by an extrodinary finenessof the mental state

åOatÛymay©Ir¢t

only accessible to noble souls

S¤Ñ¯Db¤¢Ñ¯D¢B:

with perfectly pure minds

 
360. The truth  of  the  Paramatman is too subtle to be seen  by the gross instincts of perception. But with perception sharpened by the samadhi, it can be  seen by the pure  intellect.