On Sep 30, 2007, at 5:32 AM, cardemaister wrote:
What does "dharma-megha-samaadhi" mean? In his commentary on YS IV, Bhojadeva sez (according to some Indian site, whose URL we have lost, after downloading the devanaagarii PDF, which seems to contain some typos): prasaMkhyaanaM yaavataaM tattvaanaaM yathaakramaM vyavasthitaanaaM parasparavilakSaNasvaruupavibhaavanaM tasminsatyapyakusiidasya phalamalipsoH pratyayaantaraaNaam- anudayaatsarvaprakaaravivekhyaateH parisheSaaddharmameghaH samaadhirbhavati | prakRSTamashuklakRSNaM dharmaM parama- puruSaarthasaadhakaM mehati siñcatiiti dharmameghaH | anena prakRSThadharmasyaiva jñaanahetutvamityupapaaditaM bhavati | Attempt at "sandhi-samaasa-vigraha": prasaMkhyaanam; yaavataam; tattvaanaam; yathaa-kramam; vyavasthitaanaam; paras-para-vilakSaNa-svaruupa-vibhaavanam; tasmin sati; api; akusiidasya phalam alipsoH(?) pratyaya- antaraaNaam anudayaat sarvaprakaara-vivekhyaateH(typo? viveka- khyaateH??) parisheSaat; dharmameghaH samaadhiH; bhavati | prakRSTam ashukla-kRSNam; dharma; parama- puruSa-artha-saadhakam; mehati siñcati + iti dharmameghaH | anena prakRSTha-dharmasya; eva jñaana-hetutvam iti; upapaaditam; bhavati | Haven't got much of an idea what the phuk that's all about. Anyone got a translation for that? If not, I guess I'll have to try to come up with some kind of "translation"... :(
My Patanjali Guru, who was very conversant with English called it "The samadhi of the raincloud of virtue and of the knowledge of the nature of all things (in which the mind dwells in itself, by itself, then identifies with the spiritual self)." Thus it's typical of such a yogi to not only possess all the signs of someone in effortless samadhi, but also to gain much spontaneous wisdom. It's the final bhumi of samprajnata-samadhi, the higher stage of asmita-accompanied samadhi and the initial stage a acognitive asamprajnata samadhi.
