Yoga Sutra 3.07 concentration, meditation, and samadhi

Sūtra III.7

Compared to the previous means, this triad is the direct means

Compared to the previous means, this triad is the direct means. Compared to the previously given five means beginning with restraints, this triad of dhāraṇā, dhyāna, and samādhi is the direct means to cognitive samādhi-yoga. In thus calling them the direct (literally, inner) means, he wishes to show that even though the previous ones may not have been perfected, effort should be made at these three.