Chapter 6

श्रीभगवानुवाच |...

6.1 The Blessed Lord said He who performs his bounden duty without depending on the fruits of his a...

यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव |...

6.2 Do thou, O Arjuna, know Yoga to be that which they call renunciation; no one verily becomes a Yo...

आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते |...

6.3 For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage who h...

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते |...

6.4 When a man is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, th...

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् |...

6.5 One should raise oneself by one's Self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the Self alone is t...

बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः |...

6.6 The Self is the friend of the self of him by whom the self has been conered by the Self, but to ...

जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः |...

6.7 The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful is balanced in cold and heat, pleasu...

ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः |...

6.8 The Yogi who is satisfied with the knowledge and the wisdom (of the Self), who has conered the s...

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु |...

6.9 He who is of the same mind to the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, ...

योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः |...

6.10 Let the Yogi try constantly to keep the mind steady, remaining in solitude, alone, with the min...

शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः |...

6.11 In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made ...

तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः |...

6.12 There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled...

समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः |...

6.13 Let him firmly hold his body, head and neck erect and still, gazing at the tip of his nose, wit...

प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः |...

6.14 Serene-minded, fearless, firm in the vow of a Brahmachari, having controlled the mind, thinking...

युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी नियतमानसः |...

6.15 Thus always keeping the mind balanced, the Yogi, with the mind controlled, attains to the peace...

नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः |...

6.16 Verily Yoga is not possible for him who eats too much, nor for him who does not eat at all, nor...

युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु |...

6.17 Yoga becomes the destroyer of pain for him who is moderate in eating and recreation (such as w...

यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते |...

6.18 When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self only, free from longing for all the object...

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता |...

6.19 As a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker to such is compared the Yogi of controlle...

यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया |...

6.20 When the mind, restrained by the practice of Yoga attains to quietude and when seeing the Self ...

सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद् बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् |...

6.21 When he (the Yogi) feels that Infinite Bliss which can be grasped by the (pure) intellect and w...

यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः |...

6.22 Which, having obtained, he thinks there is no other gain superior to it; wherein estabished, he...

तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम् |...

6.23 Let that be known by the name of Yoga, the severance from union with pain. This Yoga should be ...

सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः |...

6.24 Abandoning without reserve all desires born of Sankalpa (thought and imagination) and completel...

शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया |...

6.25 Little by little let him attain to ietude by the intellect held firmly; having made the mind es...

यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् |...

6.26 From whatever cause the restless and unsteady mind wanders away, from that let him restrain it ...

प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम् |...

6.27 Supreme Bliss verily comes to this Yogi whose mind is ite peaceful, whose passion is ieted, who...

युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी विगतकल्मषः |...

6.28 The Yogi, always engaging the mind thus (in the practice of Yoga), freed from sins, easily enjo...

सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि |...

6.29 With the mind harmonised by Yoga he sees the Self abiding in all beings and all beings in the S...

यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति |...

6.30 He who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, he never becomes separated from Me, nor do...

सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः |...

6.31 He who, being established in unity, worships Me Who dwells in all beings, that Yogi abides in M...

आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन |...

6.32 He who, through the likeness of the Self, O Arjuna, sees eality everywhere, be it pleasure or p...

अर्जुन उवाच |...

6.33 Arjuna said This Yoga of eanimity taught by Thee, O Krishna, I do not see its steady continuan...

चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद् दृढम् |...

6.34 The mind verily is restless, turbulent, strong and unyielding, O Krishna: I deem it as difficul...

श्रीभगवानुवाच |...

6.35 The Blessed Lord said Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficult to control and...

असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः |...

6.36 I think Yoga is hard to be attained by one of uncontrolled self, but the self-controlled and st...

अर्जुन उवाच |...

6.37 Arjuna said He who is unable to control himself though he has the faith, and whose mind wander...

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति |...

Swami Sivananda did not comment on this sloka...

एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः |...

6.39 This doubt of mine, O Krishna, do Thou dispel completely; because it is not possible for any bu...

श्रीभगवानुवाच |...

6.40 The Blessed Lord said O Arjuna, neither in this world, nor in the next world is there destruct...

प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः |...

6.41 Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and having dwelt there for everlasting years, he...

अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम् |...

6.42 Or he is born in a family of even the wise Yogis; verily a birth like this is very difficult to...

तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम् |...

6.43 Thee he comes in touch with the knowledge acired in his former body and strives more than befor...

पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः |...

6.44 By that very former practice he is borne on in spite of himself. Even he who merely wishes to k...

प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः |...

6.45 But the Yogi who strives with assiduity, purified of sins and perfected gradually through many ...

तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः |...

6.46 The Yogi is thought to be superior to the ascetics and even superior to men of knowledge (obtai...

योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना |...

6.47 And among all the Yogis he who, full of faith and with his inner self merged in Me, worships Me...