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Yoga Sutras 1.46

Patanjali, explained by Swami Vivekananda

ता एव सबीजः समाधिः ॥

tā eva sabījaḥ samādhiḥ

These concentrations are with seed.

In plain words: All these kinds of meditation are "with seed." This means they still leave the seeds of past actions in place. So they do not yet bring full freedom.

Yoga Sutras 1.46
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Swami Vivekananda explains

These do not destroy the seeds of past actions, and thus cannot give liberation, but what they bring to the Yogi is stated in the following aphorism.