तदपि बहिरङ्गं निर्बीजस्य॥८॥
tadapi = even that; bahih = external; angaM = limbs; nirbIjasya = to seedless [samadhi]
Sw. Satchidananda
"Even these three are external to the seedless samadhi."
Bryant
"Yet even these are external limbs in relation to "seedless" samadhi."
Taimni
"Even that (Sabija Samadhi) is external to the Seedless (Nirbija Samhadhi)."
In the previous sutra it was stated that the practices of dharana, dhyana, and samadhi are internal or more intimate as compared to the first five limbs of yoga. These practices culminate in attaining the state called “samprajnata samadhi” wherein a deep awareness of the object of meditation still remains in the chitta. The ultimate state of samadhi mentioned by Patanjali is the “nirbija” (seedless) samadhi (sutra 1.51) when even the awareness of that seed disappears. In that sense, all the eight limbs of yoga leading to the samadhi with seed are external to the state of nirbija (seedless) samadhi. Only through this state of samadhi can one achieve “kaivalya” (final liberation) which leads to the realization of the separation between Purusha and Prakriti.
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