(
Sanskrit characters)
341. To the Sannyasin who has gone through the act of hearing, the Sruti passage, "Calm, self-controlled" etc., prescribes Samadhi, for his realisation of the universe as his own self.
[Hearing—the truth from the lips of the Guru, after the prescribed manner.
"Calm, self-controlled &c—The reference is to Brihadaranyaka Upa. IV. iv. 23. ]
342. Even wise men cannot suddenly destroy egoism after it has once become strong, barring those who are perfectly calm through the Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Desires are verily the effect of innumerable births.
[Nfvikalpa Samadhi—the highest kind of Samadhi in which all relative ideas are transcended and the Atman is realised as it is. The term has been already explained. ]
(Sanskrit characters)
