निर्विकल्पसमाधानाज्जहतुर्बाह्यसंविदम् । यथा कल्पलते कान्ते पूर्वमृत्वन्तरे रसम् ॥ ७ ॥
nirvikalpasamādhānājjahaturbāhyasaṁvidam | yathā kalpalatē kāntē pūrvamṛtvantarē rasam || 7 ||
Translation
Through samādhi without alternatives they gave up awareness of the outward, as two lovely wishing-creepers give up their sap at the change of season.
Word by word
- nirvikalpa
- without alternatives
- samādhānāj
- (samādhānāt) through samādhi
- jahatur
- (jahatuḥ) they gave up
- bāhya
- of the outward
- saṁvidam
- awareness
- yathā
- as
- kalpalatē
- two wishing-creepers
- kāntē
- lovely
- pūrvam
- former
- ṛtva
- season
- antarē
- at the change
- rasam
- sap
Meaning
The commentary: in nirvikalpa samādhi they no longer held the body and other things that are not the Self. The image is gentle: a creeper does not tear itself free of its sap; the season changes and the sap withdraws. So outward awareness was not suppressed but let go.