3.11 - John Henry Thompson - Invent Your Future
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सर्वार्थता एकाग्रातयोः क्षयोदयौ चित्तस्य समाधिपरिणामः ॥११॥
sarvārthatā ekāgrātayoḥ kṣayodayau cittasya samādhi-pariṇāmaḥ ||11||
[SS] 3.11 When there is a decline in distractedness and appearance of one-pointedness, then comes samadhi parinamah (development in samadhi). [p181]
[EB] 3.11 The attainment of the samadhi state involves the elimination of all-pointedness [i.e., wandering] of the mind and the rise of one-pointedness [i.e., concentration]. [p318]
(सर्व, sarva) = all; many
(अर्थ, artha) = related to
(सर्वार्थत, sarvārthata) = state of mental scatteredness; many objects
(एकाग्रता, ekāgratā) = consolidation; concentration; one-pointedness; an object
(क्षय, kṣaya) = decline; dwindle; cease; progressively less
(उदय, udaya) = to rise; to increase
(चित्त, citta) = all that is mutable in human beings; mind
(समाधि, samādhi) = transcendent state; absolute knowledge
(परिणामः, pariṇāmaḥ) = change; evolution