न च पाषाणतातुल्या निर्विकल्पसमाधयः । केषाञ्चित्स्थितिमायान्ति सर्वैरित्यनुभूयते ॥ ३९ ॥
na ca pāṣāṇatātulyā nirvikalpasamādhayaḥ | kēṣāñcitsthitimāyānti sarvairityanubhūyatē || 39 ||
Translation
Trances without thought that are like being a stone do not last for anyone; all experience this.
Word by word
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- pāṣāṇatā
- being a stone
- tulyā
- like
- nirvikalpa
- without thought
- samādhayaḥ
- trances
- kēṣāñcit
- for anyone
- sthitim
- lasting
- āyānti
- do come to
- sarvair
- (sarvaiḥ) by all
- iti
- this
- anubhūyatē
- is experienced
Meaning
The commentary: no one's stone-like nirvikalpa samādhi, gained by the force of trance and free of sorrow, becomes steady; all who practise samādhi know this from their own experience. The appeal is to the practitioners themselves.