Sūtra 1.46

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 1.46:

ता एव सबीजः समाधिः ॥ १.४६ ॥

tā eva sabījaḥ samādhiḥ || 1.46 ||

tāḥ—they. eva—only, sabījah—seeded, samādhiḥ—trance.

46. They are the seeded trance only.

The Sankhya-pravachana commentary of Vyasa

[English translation of the 7th century commentary by Vyāsa called the Sāṅkhya-pravacana, Vyāsabhāṣya or Yogabhāṣya]

[Sanskrit text for commentary available]

These four descriptions of thought-transformation have their origin (seed) in external objects. Therefore is the trance too ‘seeded.’ In the case of the gross objects it is the Indistinctive and the Distinctive. In the subtle objects it is the Meditative and the Ultra-meditative. Thus is trance described to be four-fold.—46.

The Gloss of Vachaspati Mishra

[English translation of the 9th century Tattvavaiśāradī by Vācaspatimiśra]

Says that the four states of thought-transformation have the objective for their sphere of operation, constitute the cognitive trance:—‘They are the seeded trance only.’ The word ‘only’ is to be taken as qualifying the word ‘seeded.’ By this the four descriptions of thought-transformation, having the objective state of existence as their sphere, are limited by being qualified as seeded.

The quality of being seeded, however, is not restricted to these. It applies to the thought-transformations which have the subjective and the instrumental modifications also for their sphere of operation, in both its descriptions of Uncertain (savikalpa) and Certain (nirvikalpa). For this reason there are said to be four descriptions of thought-transformation in the case of the objective and the instrumental phenomena. Thus there are eight descriptions in all. The meaning of the commentary has been explained.—46.

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