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112 YOGA SŪTRAS<br />
Śrī Patañjali has graciously informed all student-yogins that when they reach<br />
the featureless state of the subtle material energy, they have reached the end of<br />
their research into it. But this must be discovered by each yogin during the<br />
linkage of his attention to higher concentration forces.<br />
Verse 46<br />
ta @v svIj> smaix><br />
tā eva sabījaḥ samādhiḥ<br />
tā – they; eva – only; sabījaḥ – with motivation from the mento-emotional<br />
energy; samādhiḥ – effortless continous linkage of the attention to a<br />
higher concentration force.<br />
The previous descriptions<br />
concern the effortless and continuous linkage of the attention<br />
to a higher concentration force,<br />
as motivated by the mento-emotional energy.<br />
Commentary:<br />
After making so much progress in higher yoga, a yogin realizes that what he<br />
was engaged in, was being motivated by the same mental and emotional<br />
energy which he endeavored to transcend. This is because he discovered that<br />
besides himself, there was a force in his psyche which derived fulfillments from<br />
the endeavors. He traces and discovers that these were a psychic motivational<br />
force which derived a pleasure from his practice.<br />
At that stage the practice begins in earnest and the purpose of the material<br />
energy in the life of the yogi is revealed. Bowing to the mental and emotional<br />
mundane energy in his psyche he moves on in appreciation. The purpose for<br />
which the Supreme Being caused the limited self, His eternal partner, to come<br />
in contact with a mundane life force and an investigative organ called a<br />
buddhi, now becomes evident to the yogin.<br />
Verse 47<br />
inivRcarvEzar*e=XyaTmàsad><br />
nirvicāra vaiśāradye adhyātmaprasādaḥ<br />
nirvicāra – non-investigative linkage of one’s attention to a higher<br />
concentration force; vaiśāradye – on gaining competence; adhyātma –<br />
relationship between the Supreme Soul and the limited one; prasādaḥ –<br />
clarity and serenity.<br />
On gaining competence in the non-investigative linkage<br />
of one’s attention to the higher concentration force,<br />
one experiences the clarity and serenity<br />
which results from the linkage<br />
of the Supreme Soul and the limited one.<br />
Commentary:<br />
When the yogin passes beyond the realm of material nature, his attention links<br />
up with spiritual energy in total. Then he may, if he continues to progress, gain
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