Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 6 of 18
Atma Sanyama Yoga — The Yoga of Self-Control (Meditation)
आत्मसंयमयोगः
Krishna describes the yogi as one who acts without craving results, and explains the discipline of meditation in practical detail: choosing a clean, quiet place, sitting steady with a controlled posture, moderating food and sleep, and fixing the mind on the Self until it becomes as still as a lamp sheltered from wind. He describes the goal as seeing the Self in all beings and all beings in the Self, and seeing Krishna everywhere. Arjuna objects that the mind is too restless, turbulent, and hard to control for such a discipline to be practical. Krishna agrees the mind is hard to master but says it can be done through practice and detachment, and reassures Arjuna that even a yogi who falls short is never lost -- such a person is reborn into favorable circumstances and continues toward perfection over further lifetimes. The chapter closes with Krishna naming the true yogi, one who worships him with full faith, as the greatest of all.
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- Krishna, Arjuna
Verse by verse
Krishna
6.1
अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः। स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः॥
anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ, sa saṃnyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnirna cākriyaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
श्रीभगवान् बोले -- कर्मफलका आश्रय न लेकर जो कर्तव्यकर्म करता है, वही संन्यासी तथा योगी है; और केवल अग्निका त्याग करनेवाला संन्यासी नहीं होता तथा केवल क्रियाओंका त्याग करनेवाला योगी नहीं होता।
English
Lord Shri Krishna said: He who acts because it is his duty, not thinking of the consequences, is really spiritual and a true ascetic; and not he who merely observes rituals or who shuns all action.
Krishna says one who acts as duty demands, without craving results, is the true renunciant -- not one who merely gives up ritual fire and action.
Krishna
6.2
यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव। न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन॥
yaṃ saṃnyāsamiti prāhuryogaṃ taṃ viddhi pāṇḍava, na hyasaṃnyastasaṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे अर्जुन ! लोग जिसको संन्यास कहते हैं, उसीको तुम योग समझो; क्योंकि संकल्पोंका त्याग किये बिना मनुष्य कोई-सा भी योगी नहीं हो सकता।
English
O Arjuna! Renunciation is in fact what is called Right Action. No one can become spiritual who has not renounced all desire.
What is called renunciation, Krishna says, is really yoga itself; no one becomes a yogi without renouncing personal desire.
Krishna
6.3
आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते। योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते॥
ārurukṣormuneryogaṃ karma kāraṇamucyate, yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जो योग-(समता-) में आरूढ़ होना चाहता है, ऐसे मननशील योगीके लिये कर्तव्य-कर्म करना कारण कहा गया है और उसी योगारूढ़ मनुष्यका शम (शान्ति) परमात्मप्राप्तिमें कारण कहा गया है।
English
For the sage who seeks the heights of spiritual meditation, practice is the only method, and when he has attained them, he must maintain himself there by continual self-control.
For one aspiring to yoga, action is the means; for one who has attained yoga, stillness becomes the means.
Krishna
6.4
यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते। सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते॥
yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasvanuṣajjate, sarvasaṅkalpasaṃnyāsī yogārūḍhastadocyate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिस समय न इन्द्रियोंके भोगोंमें तथा न कर्मोंमें ही आसक्त होता है, उस समय वह सम्पूर्ण संकल्पोंका त्यागी मनुष्य योगारूढ़ कहा जाता है।
English
When a man renounces even the thought of initiating action, when he is not interested in sense objects or any results which may flow from his acts, then in truth he understands spirituality.
One is established in yoga when attachment to sense-objects and to actions alike has been renounced, and all desires given up.
Krishna
6.5
उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः॥
uddharedātmanā''tmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet, ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
अपने द्वारा अपना उद्धार करे, अपना पतन न करे; क्योंकि आप ही अपना मित्र है और आप ही अपना शत्रु है।
English
Let him seek liberation by the help of his Highest Self, and let him never disgrace his own Self. For that Self is his only friend; yet it may also be his enemy.
One should lift oneself up by one's own effort, and not let oneself sink; the self alone is one's friend, and also one's own enemy.
Krishna
6.6
बन्धुरात्माऽऽत्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः। अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत्॥
bandhurātmā''tmanastasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ, anātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिसने अपने-आपसे अपने-आपको जीत लिया है, उसके लिये आप ही अपना बन्धु है और जिसने अपने-आपको नहीं जीता है, ऐसे अनात्माका आत्मा ही शत्रुतामें शत्रुकी तरह बर्ताव करता है।
English
To him who has conquered his lower nature by Its help, the Self is a friend, but to him who has not done so, It is an enemy.
The self is a friend to one who has conquered it, but behaves like an enemy to one who has not mastered it.
Krishna
6.7
जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः। शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः॥
jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ, śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिसने अपने-आपपर अपनी विजय कर ली है, उस शीत-उष्ण (अनुकूलता-प्रतिकूलता) सुख-दुःख तथा मान-अपमानमें निर्विकार मनुष्यको परमात्मा नित्यप्राप्त हैं।
English
The Self of him who is self-controlled, and has attained peace is equally unmoved by heat or cold, pleasure or pain, honour or dishonour.
For one who is self-controlled and at peace, the higher Self stays steady through cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honor and dishonor.
Krishna
6.8
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः। युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः॥
jñānavijñānatṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ, yukta ityucyate yogī samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिसका अन्तःकरण ज्ञान-विज्ञानसे तृप्त है, जो कूटकी तरह निर्विकार है, जितेन्द्रिय है और मिट्टीके ढेले, पत्थर तथा स्वर्णमें समबुद्धिवाला है -- ऐसा योगी युक्त (योगारूढ़) कहा जाता है।
English
He who desires nothing but wisdom and spiritual insight, who has conquered his senses and who looks with the same eye upon a lump of earth, a stone or fine gold, is a real saint.
One who is content in knowledge and realization, unshaken, senses conquered, sees a clod, a stone, and gold with equal eyes.
Krishna
6.9
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु। साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते॥
suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu, sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
सुहृद्, मित्र, वैरी, उदासीन, मध्यस्थ, द्वेष्य और सम्बन्धियोंमें तथा साधु-आचरण करनेवालोंमें और पाप-आचरण करनेवालोंमें भी समबुद्धिवाला मनुष्य श्रेष्ठ है।
English
He looks impartially on all - lover, friend or foe; indifferent or hostile; alien or relative; virtuous or sinful.
The truly excellent one is impartial toward friends, companions, enemies, neutrals, mediators, the hateful, relatives, the righteous, and even sinners.
Krishna
6.10
योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः। एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः॥
yogī yuñjīta satatamātmānaṃ rahasi sthitaḥ, ekākī yatacittātmā nirāśīraparigrahaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
भोगबुद्धिसे संग्रह न करनेवाला, इच्छारहित और अन्तःकरण तथा शरीरको वशमें रखनेवाला योगी अकेला एकान्तमें स्थित होकर मनको निरन्तर परमात्मामें लगाये।
English
Let the student of spirituality try unceasingly to concentrate his mind; Let him live in seclusion, absolutely alone, with mind and personality controlled, free from desire and without possessions.
The yogi should constantly focus the mind in solitude, alone, self-controlled, free from desire and possessions.
Krishna
6.11
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः। नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्॥
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ, nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ cailājinakuśottaram.
हिन्दी अर्थ
शुद्ध भूमिपर, जिसपर क्रमशः कुश, मृगछाला और वस्त्र बिछे हैं, जो न अत्यन्त ऊँचा है और न अत्यन्त नीचा, ऐसे अपने आसनको स्थिरस्थापन करके।
English
Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth.
Setting up a firm seat of one's own, neither too high nor too low, in a clean place, spread with cloth, deerskin, and kusha grass.
Krishna
6.12
तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः। उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये॥
tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ, upaviśyāsane yuñjyādyogamātmaviśuddhaye.
हिन्दी अर्थ
उस आसनपर बैठकर चित्त और इन्द्रियोंकी क्रियाओंको वशमें रखते हुए मनको एकाग्र करके अन्तःकरणकी शुद्धिके लिये योगका अभ्यास करे।
English
Seated thus, his mind concentrated, its functions controlled and his senses governed, let him practise meditation for the purification of his lower nature.
Sitting there with mind focused, senses and thoughts controlled, one should practice yoga for self-purification.
Krishna
6.13
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः। संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्॥
samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ, saṃprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan.
हिन्दी अर्थ
काया, शिर और ग्रीवाको सीधे अचल धारण करके तथा दिशाओंको न देखकर केवल अपनी नासिकाके अग्रभागको देखते हुए स्थिर होकर बैठे।
English
Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left.
Holding the body, head, and neck steady and upright, unmoving, gazing fixed at the tip of the nose without looking around.
Krishna
6.14
प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः। मनः संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्परः॥
praśāntātmā vigatabhīrbrahmacārivrate sthitaḥ, manaḥ saṃyamya maccitto yukta āsīta matparaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिसका अन्तःकरण शान्त है, जो भय-रहित है और जो ब्रह्मचारिव्रतमें स्थित है, ऐसा सावधान योगी मनका संयम करके मेरेमें चित्त लगाता हुआ मेरे परायण होकर बैठे।
English
With peace in his heart and nor fear, observing the vow of celibacy, with mind controlled and fixed on Me, let the student lose himself in contemplation of Me.
Serene, fearless, firm in the vow of celibacy, with a controlled mind fixed on Krishna, one should sit disciplined, absorbed in him.
Krishna
6.15
युञ्जन्नेवं सदाऽऽत्मानं योगी नियतमानसः। शान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति॥
yuñjannevaṃ sadā''tmānaṃ yogī niyatamānasaḥ, śāntiṃ nirvāṇaparamāṃ matsaṃsthāmadhigacchati.
हिन्दी अर्थ
नियत मनवाला योगी मनको इस तरहसे सदा परमात्मामें लगाता हुआ मेरेमें सम्यक् स्थितिवाली जो निर्वाणपरमा शान्ति है, उसको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
English
Thus keeping his mind always in communion with Me, and with his thoughts subdued, he shall attain that Peace which is mine and which will lead him to liberation at last.
The yogi who thus keeps the mind ever disciplined and united with Krishna attains the peace that culminates in liberation.
Krishna
6.16
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः। न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन॥
nātyaśnatastu yogo'sti na caikāntamanaśnataḥ, na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे अर्जुन ! यह योग न तो अधिक खानेवालेका और न बिलकुल न खानेवालेका तथा न अधिक सोनेवालेका और न बिलकुल न सोनेवालेका ही सिद्ध होता है।
English
Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake.
Yoga is not for one who eats too much or too little, nor for one who sleeps too much or stays awake too much.
Krishna
6.17
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु। युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा॥
yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu, yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā.
हिन्दी अर्थ
दुःखोंका नाश करनेवाला योग तो यथायोग्य आहार और विहार करनेवालेका, कर्मोंमें यथायोग्य चेष्टा करनेवालेका तथा यथायोग्य सोने और जागनेवालेका ही सिद्ध होता है।
English
But for him who regulates his food and recreation, who is balanced in action, in sleep and in waking, it shall dispel all unhappiness.
For one who is moderate in food and recreation, balanced in action, and regulated in sleep and waking, yoga destroys all sorrow.
Krishna
6.18
यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते। निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा॥
yadā viniyataṃ cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate, niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yukta ityucyate tadā.
हिन्दी अर्थ
वशमें किया हुआ चित्त जिस कालमें अपने स्वरूपमें ही स्थित हो जाता है और स्वयं सम्पूर्ण पदार्थोंसे निःस्पृह हो जाता है, उस कालमें वह योगी है - ऐसा कहा जाता है।
English
When the mind, completely controlled, is centered in the Self, and free from all earthly desires, then is the man truly spiritual.
When the disciplined mind rests only in the Self, free from craving for all desired objects, then one is said to be established in yoga.
Krishna
6.19
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता। योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः॥
yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā, yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जैसे स्पन्दनरहित वायुके स्थानमें स्थित दीपककी लौ चेष्टारहित हो जाती है, योगका अभ्यास करते हुए वश में किए हुए चित्तवाले योगीके चित्तकी वैसी ही उपमा कही गयी है।
English
The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which does not flicker, since it stands sheltered from every wind.
As a lamp sheltered from wind does not flicker, so is the disciplined mind of the yogi practicing meditation on the Self.
Krishna
6.20
यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया। यत्र चैवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति॥
yatroparamate cittaṃ niruddhaṃ yogasevayā, yatra caivātmanā''tmānaṃ paśyannātmani tuṣyati.
हिन्दी अर्थ
योगका सेवन करनेसे जिस अवस्थामें निरुद्ध चित्त उपराम हो जाता है तथा जिस अवस्थामें स्वयं अपने-आप से अपने-आपको देखता हुआ अपने-आपमें ही सन्तुष्ट हो जाता है।
English
There, where the whole nature is seen in the light of the Self, where the man abides within his Self and is satisfied there, its functions restrained by its union with the Divine, the mind finds rest.
That state where the mind, restrained by yogic practice, becomes still, and where one sees the Self by the self, and rests content in the Self.
Krishna
6.21
सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद्बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम्। वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः॥
sukhamātyantikaṃ yattadbuddhigrāhyamatīndriyam, vetti yatra na caivāyaṃ sthitaścalati tattvataḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जो सुख आत्यन्तिक, अतीन्द्रिय और बुद्धिग्राह्य है, उस सुखका जिस अवस्थामें अनुभव करता है और जिस सुखमें स्थित हुआ यह ध्यानयोगी फिर कभी तत्त्वसे विचलित नहीं होता।
English
When he enjoys the Bliss which passes sense, and which only the Pure Intellect can grasp, when he comes to rest within his own highest Self, never again will he stray from reality.
That is the boundless joy grasped by the purified intellect beyond the senses, remaining in which one never departs from the truth.
Krishna
6.22
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः। यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते॥
yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ, yasminsthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिस लाभकी प्राप्ति होनेपर उससे अधिक कोई दूसरा लाभ उसके माननेमें भी नहीं आता और जिसमें स्थित होनेपर वह बड़े भारी दुःखसे भी विचलित नहीं किया जा सकता।
English
Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him.
Having gained that, one considers no other gain greater; established there, one is not shaken even by the deepest sorrow.
Krishna
6.23
तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम्। स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा॥
taṃ vidyād duḥkhasaṃyogaviyogaṃ yogasaṃjñitam, sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo'nirviṇṇacetasā.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिसमें दुःखोंके संयोगका ही वियोग है, उसीको 'योग' नामसे जानना चाहिये। (वह योग जिस ध्यानयोगका लक्ष्य है,) उस ध्यानयोगका अभ्यास न उकताये हुए चित्तसे निश्चयपूर्वक करना चाहिये।
English
This inner severance from the affliction of misery is spirituality. It should be practised with determination and with a heart which refuses to be depressed.
This severance from union with sorrow should be known as yoga; it must be practiced with determination and an undespairing mind.
Krishna
6.24
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः। मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः॥
saṅkalpaprabhavānkāmāṃstyaktvā sarvānaśeṣataḥ, manasaivendriyagrāmaṃ viniyamya samantataḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
संकल्पसे उत्पन्न होनेवाली सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंका सर्वथा त्याग करके और मनसे ही इन्द्रिय-समूहको सभी ओरसे हटाकर।
English
Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;
Abandoning all desires born of imagination without exception, and restraining the whole array of senses from every side with the mind alone.
Krishna
6.25
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया। आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्॥
śanaiḥ śanairuparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā, ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcidapi cintayet.
हिन्दी अर्थ
धैर्ययुक्त बुद्धिके द्वारा संसारसे धीरे-धीरे उपराम हो जाय और परमात्मस्वरूपमें मन-(बुद्धि-) को सम्यक् प्रकारसे स्थापन करके फिर कुछ भी चिन्तन न करे।
English
Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace; and, fixing his mind on the Self, let him not think of any other thing.
Little by little, one should withdraw using the intellect held firm by patience; fixing the mind in the Self, one should think of nothing else.
Krishna
6.26
यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्॥
yato yato niścarati manaścañcalamasthiram, tatastato niyamyaitadātmanyeva vaśaṃ nayet.
हिन्दी अर्थ
यह अस्थिर और चञ्चल मन जहाँ-जहाँ विचरण करता है, वहाँ-वहाँसे हटाकर इसको एक परमात्मामें ही लगाये।
English
When the volatile and wavering mind would wander, let him restrain it and bring it again to its allegiance to the Self.
Wherever the restless, unsteady mind wanders off, one should draw it back and bring it under the control of the Self alone.
Krishna
6.27
प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम्। उपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम्॥
praśāntamanasaṃ hyenaṃ yoginaṃ sukhamuttamam, upaiti śāntarajasaṃ brahmabhūtamakalmaṣam.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिसके सब पाप नष्ट हो गये हैं, जिसका रजोगुण तथा मन सर्वथा शान्त(निर्मल) हो गया है, ऐसे इस ब्रह्मस्वरूप योगीको निश्चित ही उत्तम (सात्त्विक) सुख प्राप्त होता है।
English
Supreme Bliss is the lot of the sage, whose mind attains Peace, whose passions subside, who is without sin, and who becomes one with the Absolute.
Supreme happiness comes to the yogi whose mind is fully at peace, whose passions are stilled, who is untainted, and who has become one with Brahman.
Krishna
6.28
युञ्जन्नेवं सदाऽऽत्मानं योगी विगतकल्मषः। सुखेन ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्नुते॥
yuñjannevaṃ sadā''tmānaṃ yogī vigatakalmaṣaḥ, sukhena brahmasaṃsparśamatyantaṃ sukhamaśnute.
हिन्दी अर्थ
इस प्रकार अपने-आपको सदा परमात्मामें लगाता हुआ पापरहित योगी सुखपूर्वक ब्रह्मप्राप्तिरूप अत्यन्त सुखको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
English
Thus, free from sin, abiding always in the Eternal, the saint enjoys without effort the Bliss which flows from realisation of the Infinite.
The yogi, freed from sin, constantly disciplined, easily attains the boundless happiness of union with Brahman.
Krishna
6.29
सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि। ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शनः॥
sarvabhūtasthamātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani, īkṣate yogayuktātmā sarvatra samadarśanaḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
सब जगह अपने स्वरूपको देखनेवाला और ध्यानयोगसे युक्त अन्तःकरणवाला योगा अपने स्वरूपको सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंमें स्थित देखता है और सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंको अपने स्वरूपमें देखता है।
English
He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye;
One disciplined in yoga sees the Self present equally in all beings and all beings within the Self, seeing everywhere with equal vision.
Krishna
6.30
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति। तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति॥
yo māṃ paśyati sarvatra sarvaṃ ca mayi paśyati, tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जो सबमें मुझे देखता है और सबको मुझमें देखता है, उसके लिये मैं अदृश्य नहीं होता और वह मेरे लिये अदृश्य नहीं होता।
English
He who sees Me in everything and everything in Me, him shall I never forsake, nor shall he lose Me.
For one who sees Krishna everywhere and sees everything within Krishna, Krishna is never lost to that person, nor is that person ever lost to Krishna.
Krishna
6.31
सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः। सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते॥
sarvabhūtasthitaṃ yo māṃ bhajatyekatvamāsthitaḥ, sarvathā vartamāno'pi sa yogī mayi vartate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
मेरेमें एकीभावसे स्थित हुआ जो योगी सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंमें स्थित मेरा भजन करता है, वह सब कुछ बर्ताव करता हुआ भी मेरेमें ही बर्ताव कर रहा है अर्थात् वह सर्वथा मेरेमें ही स्थित है।
English
The sage who realises the unity of life and who worships Me in all beings, lives in Me, whatever may be his lot.
One who, established in oneness, worships Krishna dwelling in all beings, remains in Krishna in every way of living.
Krishna
6.32
आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन। सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं सः योगी परमो मतः॥
ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṃ paśyati yo'rjuna, sukhaṃ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṃ saḥ yogī paramo mataḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे अर्जुन ! जो (ध्यानयुक्त ज्ञानी महापुरुष) अपने शरीरकी उपमासे सब जगह अपनेको समान देखता है और सुख अथवा दुःखको भी समान देखता है, वह परम योगी माना गया है।
English
O Arjuna! He is the perfect saint who, taught by the likeness within himself, sees the same Self everywhere, whether the outer form be pleasurable or painful.
The yogi who sees the same reality everywhere, comparing all to the Self, whether in joy or in sorrow, is considered the highest.
Arjuna
6.33
योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन। एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम्॥
yo'yaṃ yogastvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana, etasyāhaṃ na paśyāmi cañcalatvāt sthitiṃ sthirām.
हिन्दी अर्थ
अर्जुन बोले -- हे मधुसूदन ! आपने समतापूर्वक जो यह योग कहा है, मनकी चञ्चलताके कारण मैं इस योगकी स्थिर स्थिति नहीं देखता हूँ।
English
Arjuna said: I do not see how I can attain this state of equanimity which Thou has revealed, owing to the restlessness of my mind.
Arjuna says this yoga of equanimity that Krishna describes seems, to him, hard to sustain given the mind's restlessness.
Arjuna
6.34
चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम्। तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम्॥
cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavaddṛḍham, tasyāhaṃ nigrahaṃ manye vāyoriva suduṣkaram.
हिन्दी अर्थ
क्योंकि हे कृष्ण ! मन बड़ा ही चञ्चल, प्रमथनशील, दृढ़ (जिद्दी) और बलवान् है। उसका निग्रह करना मैं वायुकी तरह अत्यन्त कठिन मानता हूँ।
English
My Lord! Verily, the mind is fickle and turbulent, obstinate and strong, yea extremely difficult as the wind to control.
Arjuna describes the mind as fickle, turbulent, powerful, and stubborn -- as difficult to restrain as the wind.
Krishna
6.35
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलं। अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते॥
asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṃ calaṃ, abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
श्रीभगवान् बोले -- हे महाबाहो ! यह मन बड़ा चञ्चल है और इसका निग्रह करना भी बड़ा कठिन है -- यह तुम्हारा कहना बिलकुल ठीक है। परन्तु हे कुन्तीनन्दन ! अभ्यास और वैराग्यके द्वारा इसका निग्रह किया जाता है।
English
Lord Shri Krishna replied: Doubtless, O Mighty One, the mind is fickle and exceedingly difficult to restrain, but, O Son of Kunti, with practice and renunciation it can be done.
Krishna agrees the restless mind is indeed hard to control, but says it can be restrained through practice and detachment.
Krishna
6.36
असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः। वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः॥
asaṃyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ, vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo'vāptumupāyataḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिसका मन पूरा वशमें नहीं है, उसके द्वारा योग प्राप्त होना कठिन है। परन्तु उपायपूर्वक यत्न करनेवाले वश्यात्माको योग प्राप्त हो सकता है, ऐसा मेरा मत है।
English
It is not possible to attain Self-Realisation if a man does not know how to control himself; but for him who, striving by proper means, learns such control, it is possible.
Krishna says yoga is difficult to attain for one whose self is uncontrolled, but is attainable through right effort for one who strives with a mastered self.
Arjuna
6.37
अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः। अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति॥
ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ, aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati.
हिन्दी अर्थ
अर्जुन बोले - हे कृष्ण ! जिसकी साधनमें श्रद्धा है, पर जिसका प्रयत्न शिथिल है, वह अन्तसमयमें अगर योगसे विचलितमना हो जाय, तो वह योगसिद्धिको प्राप्त न करके किस गतिको चला जाता है?
English
Arjuna asked: He who fails to control himself, whose mind falls from spiritual contemplation, who attains not perfection but retains his faith, what of him, my Lord?
Arjuna asks what becomes of one who has faith but strays from the path of yoga without perfecting the discipline of the mind.
Arjuna
6.38
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति। अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि॥
kaccinnobhayavibhraṣṭaśchinnābhramiva naśyati, apratiṣṭho mahābāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे महाबाहो ! संसारके आश्रयसे रहित और परमात्मप्राप्तिके मार्गमें मोहित अर्थात् विचलित -- इस तरह दोनों ओरसे भ्रष्ट हुआ साधक क्या छिन्न-भिन्न बादलकी तरह नष्ट तो नहीं हो जाता ?
English
Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?
Arjuna wonders whether such a person, having fallen from both worldly and spiritual paths, is lost like a scattered cloud, without any foundation.
Arjuna
6.39
एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः। त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते॥
etanme saṃśayaṃ kṛṣṇa chettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ, tvadanyaḥ saṃśayasyāsya chettā na hyupapadyate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे कृष्ण! मेरे इस सन्देहका सर्वथा छेदन करनेके लिये आप ही योग्य हैं; क्योंकि इस संशयका छेदन करनेवाला आपके सिवाय दूसरा कोई हो नहीं सकता।
English
My Lord! Thou art worthy to solve this doubt once and for all; save Thyself there is no one competent to do so.
Arjuna asks Krishna to fully dispel this doubt, since only Krishna is capable of resolving it.
Krishna
6.40
पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते। नहि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति॥
pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśastasya vidyate, nahi kalyāṇakṛtkaściddurgatiṃ tāta gacchati.
हिन्दी अर्थ
श्रीभगवान् बोले -- हे पृथानन्दन ! उसका न तो इस लोकमें और न परलोकमें ही विनाश होता है; क्योंकि हे प्यारे ! कल्याणकारी काम करनेवाला कोई भी मनुष्य दुर्गतिको प्राप्त नहीं जाता।
English
Lord Shri Krishna replied: My beloved child! There is no destruction for him, either in this world or in the next. No evil fate awaits him who treads the path of righteousness.
Krishna assures Arjuna that such a person is never destroyed, either in this world or the next -- one who does good is never overtaken by misfortune.
Krishna
6.41
प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः। शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते॥
prāpya puṇyakṛtāṃ lokānuṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ, śucīnāṃ śrīmatāṃ gehe yogabhraṣṭo'bhijāyate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
वह योगभ्रष्ट पुण्यकर्म करनेवालोंके लोकोंको प्राप्त होकर और वहाँ बहुत वर्षोंतक रहकर फिर यहाँ शुद्ध श्रीमानोंके घरमें जन्म लेता है।
English
Having reached the worlds where the righteous dwell, and having remained there for many years, he who has slipped from the path of spirituality will be born again in the family of the pure, benevolent and prosperous.
The fallen yogi attains the worlds of the righteous, dwells there for long years, and is then born into a home of the pure and prosperous.
Krishna
6.42
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्। एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्॥
athavā yogināmeva kule bhavati dhīmatām, etaddhi durlabhataraṃ loke janma yadīdṛśam.
हिन्दी अर्थ
अथवा (वैराग्यवान्) योगभ्रष्ट ज्ञानवान् योगियोंके कुलमें ही जन्म लेता है। इस प्रकारका जो यह जन्म है, यह संसारमें बहुत ही दुर्लभ है।
English
Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain.
Or such a person may even be born into a family of wise yogis, though such a birth is exceedingly rare to obtain.
Krishna
6.43
तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम्। यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन॥
tatra taṃ buddhisaṃyogaṃ labhate paurvadehikam, yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ saṃsiddhau kurunandana.
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे कुरुनन्दन ! वहाँपर उसको पूर्वजन्मकृत साधन-सम्पत्ति अनायास ही प्राप्त हो जाती है। फिर उससे वह साधनकी सिद्धिके विषयमें पुनः विशेषतासे यत्न करता है।
English
Then the experience acquired in his former life will revive, and with its help he will strive for perfection more eagerly than before.
There, the understanding gained in the previous life reawakens in him, and he strives once again, further than before, toward perfection.
Krishna
6.44
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः। जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते॥
pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hyavaśo'pi saḥ, jijñāsurapi yogasya śabdabrahmātivartate.
हिन्दी अर्थ
वह (श्रीमानोंके घरमें जन्म लेनेवाला योगभ्रष्ट मनुष्य) भोगोंके परवश होता हुआ भी पूर्वजन्ममें किये हुए अभ्यास-(साधन-) के कारण ही परमात्माकी तरफ खिंच जाता है; क्योंकि योग-(समता-) का जिज्ञासु भी वेदोंमें कहे हुए सकाम कर्मोंका अतिक्रमण कर जाता है।
English
Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it.
Even without willing it, he is carried forward by that earlier practice; even one who merely seeks to know yoga transcends the ritualist's path.
Krishna
6.45
प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः। अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम्॥
prayatnādyatamānastu yogī saṃśuddhakilbiṣaḥ, anekajanmasaṃsiddhastato yāti parāṃ gatim.
हिन्दी अर्थ
परन्तु जो योगी प्रयत्नपूर्वक यत्न करता है और जिसके पाप नष्ट हो गये हैं तथा जो अनेक जन्मोंसे सिद्ध हुआ है, वह योगी फिर परमगतिको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
English
Then after many lives, the student of spirituality, who earnestly strives, and whose sins are absolved, attains perfection and reaches the Supreme.
The yogi, striving with effort, purified of faults, perfected over many lifetimes, then attains the highest goal.
Krishna
6.46
तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः। कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन॥
tapasvibhyo'dhiko yogī jñānibhyo'pi mato'dhikaḥ, karmibhyaścādhiko yogī tasmādyogī bhavārjuna.
हिन्दी अर्थ
(सकामभाववाले) तपस्वियोंसे भी योगी श्रेष्ठ है, ज्ञानियोंसे भी योगी श्रेष्ठ है और कर्मियोंसे भी योगी श्रेष्ठ है -- ऐसा मेरा मत है। अतः हे अर्जुन ! तू योगी हो जा।
English
The wise man is superior to the ascetic and to the scholar and to the man of action; therefore be thou a wise man, O Arjuna!
Krishna declares the yogi superior to the ascetic, the scholar of scripture, and the man of ritual action -- so Arjuna should become a yogi.
Krishna
6.47
योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना। श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः॥
yogināmapi sarveṣāṃ madgatenāntarātmanā, śraddhāvānbhajate yo māṃ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ.
हिन्दी अर्थ
सम्पूर्ण योगियोंमें भी जो श्रद्धावान् भक्त मुझमें तल्लीन हुए मनसे मेरा भजन करता है, वह मेरे मतमें सर्वश्रेष्ठ योगी है।
English
I look upon him as the best of mystics who, full of faith, worshippeth Me and abideth in Me.
Krishna says the greatest of all yogis is the one who, full of faith, worships him with the inner self absorbed in him.