Sage Vashishtha continues,

While imparting the knowledge of Brahman and Atman to Prince of Ayodhya, Ramachandra, the Sage says,

  "This knowledge of brahmn and Atman is like a fire that alone can burn the straw of all cravings for sense objects. Samadhi (sama dheeh), an equanimous state of mind, or for that matter, contemplation on brahmn, just not sitting quiet, is an indication of this." (YV III. 1).

  Here, the problems becomes more complicated and it becomes very difficult for the mortals to understand what the Learned Sge means by Samadhi. It seesm even the samadhi attained after the successful completion of ashtanga yoga sadhana is much inferiors to what the sage really means!

   The eternal truth that "Everything is brahmn" should be experienced by the spiritual seeker, prajnyanan brahmaa | After the realization of this eternal truth, the 'sat', the undisturbed 'chit', the person contemplating on brahmn realizes the fact that there is nothing else but the pure Consciousness as the datum line, the basis of all the exists; the seeker is merged in brahman and there exists nothing thereafter!

   The Sage continues, "One should think that this world is nothing but 'brahmn', Divine Consciousness. There is nothing else here but this brahmn and all else that is seen, heard, experienced is the manifest form of brahmn only. A realized soul as such is brahmn by itself like the cool moonlight! such a yogi is unaffected by the dualities of this world." (YV III 2-3).

   It is interesting here to know how karma affects us, as instructed by the learned Sage. Every action begets a reaction and the fruits of such actions and reactions accumulate over time as the sanchita karma. This accumulated fruits of action (karma phala) matures over time like a seed sprouts in to a huge tree bearing flowers fruits and seeds to propageate further, endlessly. an Apple becomes an apple garden over time. The karmic forcs in this kinetic form is called 'prarabhda karma'.  This prarabhda is the cause of our repeated births and deaths, all the intervening miseries, sickness, old age and death.  A jiva cannot die peacefully until the force of this prarabhda karma is exhausted by spending it. It is like the credit and debit account in a bank and unless the account is closed, the liability lingers on. 

   On the other hand, a yogi who has attained to brahmn is not perturbed by the happenings in this mundane world. He surrenders to the Lord (Ishvara pranidana) and escapes the brunt of the maya.