38. And on account of the absence of samâdhi.

If the internal organ were the agent, it would be such even in that

final state of meditation, called samâdhi, which is the instrument of

Release. But that state consists therein that the meditating being

realises its difference from Prakriti, and this is a conception which

Prakriti itself (of which the internal organ is only a modification)

cannot form. The Self alone, therefore, is the agent. But this would

imply that the activity of the Self is never at rest! Of this difficulty

the next Sûtra disposes.

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