Sat-darshana Bhashya (translation)

SAMADHI, NIRVIKALPA AND SAHAJA, TRANCE AND NATURAL

D. --Then what is samadhi ?

M. In yoga the term samodhi refers to some kind of trance and there are various kinds of samadhi. But the samadhi I speak to you of, is different. It is sahaja samadhi. For, here you have samadhana, you remain calm and composed even while you are active; you realise that you are moved by the deeper and the Real Self within and you do or think unaffected by what you do, speak or think. You have no worries, no anxieties, no cares. For here you come to realise that there is nothing belonging to you, the ego. And everything is done by Something with which you get into conscious union.

D.-If this is sahaja-samadhi and the most desirable condition there is no need for nirvikal pa samadhi?

M. The nirvikal pa samadhi of Raja-yoga may, have its use. But in jnana this sahaja sthiti, or sahaja nista itself is nirvikalpa state. For in this state the mind is free from doubts. It has no need to swing between alternatives of possibilities and probabilities. It has no vikalpa of any kind. It is sure of the Truth. It feels the presence of the Real. Even when it is active, it knows it is active in the Reality, the Self, the Supreme Being.