यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया ।
यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ॥
सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद्बु्द्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् ।
वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः ॥
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः ।
यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ॥
तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसञ्ज्ञितम्।
स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा ॥
Transliteration
yatroparamate cittaṃ niruddhaṃ yoga-sevayā |
yatra caivātmanā’tmānaṃ paśyann-ātmani tuṣyati || 20 ||
sukham-ātyantikaṃ yat-tad-buddhi-grāhyam-atīndriyam |
vetti yatra na caivāyaṃ sthitaś-calati tattvataḥ || 21 ||
yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ |
yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇā’pi vicālyate || 22 ||
taṃ vidyād duḥkha saṃyoga viyogaṃ yoga saṃjñitam |
Translation
The stage of perfection is called trance, or samādhi, when one's mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga. This is characterized by one's ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact.
Purport
What described above 4 Shlokas is the most secret knowledge of Ashtanga Yoga, the final state of the state of trance, which in Ashtanga Yoga is called Samadhi. This is is the state where humans have para and superhuman experience. These 4 Shlokas, in short, described them. The most important among them is the ability to reach his own self. Once humans able to reach himself, means able to realize his own soul, he can then see God. These shlokas further describe that humans experience an enormous amount of happiness which is superior to the best of physical happiness. In this state, one can get so much joy and peace that he never wants to come out of it.
Bhagvan Shri Krishna describes, that this state of Samadhi is the real achievement of freedom for the soul.
