Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 1.18
विरामप्रत्ययाभ्यासपूर्वः संस्कारशेषो ऽन्यः ||18||
The other [Samādhi] (anyaḥ | nom sg m) is preceded by practice of the cognition of cessation (virāma-pratyayābhyāsa-pūrvaḥ | nom sg m) and has impressions as its residue (saṃskāra-śeṣaḥ | nom sg).
Through persistent practice (abhyāsa-pūrva), you can change your beliefs (saṃskāra) for the better (anya).
In asaṃprajñāta-samādhi all vṛtti have subsided; only saṃskāras remain in citta. Its means is the highest dispassion, since a practice with an objective support cannot produce it. Instead, the objectless virāma-pratyaya, the cognition of cessation, is cultivated. Through it citta becomes supportless and appears to pass into absence. The Bhāṣya calls this condition nirbīja and asaṃprajñāta-samādhi.
The one (kind of meditation just described) is preceded by the exercise of thought in the shape of repose; the other (independent of any fresh antecedent) is the shape of the self-reproduction (of thought, after the departure of all objects).
The other, preceded by the practice of the cause of suspension, is that in which the residua alone remain behind.
Der andere hingegen (der unbewußte, asaṃprajñāta, nirbīja samādhi), welcher die Übung in dem Vorstellen der Beruhigung zur Voraussetzung hat, hat die Charaktereigenschaften (saṃskāra = vāsanā = karmāśaya) als Rückstand [von sich abgestreift].
The other [concentration which is not conscious of objects] consists of subliminal-impressions only [after objects have merged], and follows upon that practice which effects the cessation [of fluctuations].
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