यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः | यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ||६-२२||
yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ . yasminsthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate ||6-22||
- yam
- that which
- labdhvā
- by attainment
- ca
- also
- aparam
- any other
- lābham
- gain
- manyate
- considers
- na
- never
- adhikam
- more
- tataḥ
- than that
- yasmin
- in which
- sthitaḥ
- being situated
- na
- never
- duḥkhena
- by miseries
- guruṇā api
- even though very difficult
- vicālyate
- becomes shaken
In the stage of perfection called trance, or samādhi, one’s mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga. This perfection is characterized by one’s ability to see the Self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the Self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness, realized through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact.