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Yoga Sutras 1.19

Patanjali, explained by Swami Vivekananda

भव-प्रत्ययो विदेह-प्रकृतिलयानाम् ॥

bhava-pratyayo videha-prakṛtilayānām

(This Samadhi when not followed by extreme non-attachment) becomes the cause of the re-manifestation of the gods and of those that become merged in nature.

In plain words: If this samadhi lacks full non-attachment, people may become gods or merge into nature for a time, but they come back again. The teacher says such gods are high positions, not perfect beings.

Yoga Sutras 1.19
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Swami Vivekananda explains

The gods in the Indian systems of philosophy represent certain high offices which are filled successively by various souls. But none of them is perfect.