यदि वाऽपि समाधाने निर्विकल्पे स्थितिं व्रजेत् । तदक्षयसुषुप्ताभं तन्मन्येताऽमलं पदम् ॥ ३६ ॥
yadi vā’pi samādhānē nirvikalpē sthitiṁ vrajēt | tadakṣayasuṣuptābhaṁ tanmanyētā’malaṁ padam || 36 ||
Translation
And even if one were to remain in trance without thought, it would be like an endless deep sleep; one should not think it the pure state.
Word by word
- yadi
- if
- vā
- or
- api
- even
- samādhānē
- in trance
- nirvikalpē
- without thought
- sthitiṁ
- to remain
- vrajēt
- one were
- tad
- it
- akṣaya
- endless
- suṣupta
- a deep sleep
- ābhaṁ
- like
- tan
- (tat) that
- manyēta
- one should think
- amalaṁ
- the pure
- padam
- state
Meaning
The commentary: if someone says that a person who never comes out of nirvikalpa samādhi has gained undying happiness without knowledge, he is taking the stainless state to be an unending deep sleep. A note adds that "endless deep sleep" points to dullness that is never removed, and so to no human purpose. Lasting blankness is still blankness; the pure state is knowing, not the absence of experience.