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CHAPTERXIIISAMADHI1. What Is Samadhideilrftqrftild HG'q{Eqfu qflET' I III-3a?a 6" same (Dhyana), sTdqa object alone, frqtg{shining,H59 of its own form, {f,elt devoid of,5q as it were, uqrFt'Samadhi (superconscious state).The same Dhyana is Samadhiwhen it shines with the objectalone, as it were, devoid of itself-NOTESThe thinker and the thought, the meditator and the meditatedbecome one. The mind assumes or becomes theDhyeya-rupa. The separate notions'contemplation' and'contemplated'and the 'contemplator'vanish. ln the state of Samadhithe aspirant is not conscious of any external or internalobjects. Just as the arrow-maker, having his mind engrossed inthe arrow, knew not the king passing by his side, so also, theYogi knows not anything when he is deep in his meditation.2. Means for Samadhi(1) One-pointed Minduqt ft*.rrdm, rqtd futrs HqrftHfrq-H: I III-I 1rctefu r a I I -p o i nted n e s s ( d i st ra cti o n s ), Y.[-IJIdr o n e- p o i n te d -ness (concentration), Ql-tt destructions (of the former), scq 6rpearance(of the latter), futnq of the mind, qfift1qfl:qm; 16smodification of Samadhi.The modification of Samadhi is the destruction of all-pointedness(of mind) and appearance of one-pointedness of mind(concentration of mind).(172)