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CHAPTER NO 6
In this chapter, special emphasis is on the yoga of Meditation. Like in all other ways of yoga, self-discipline is absolutely essential for this purpose. Therefore the chapter in entitled "Self Discipline ... Meditation Yoga".
Shribhagavana
uvacha
- anashvitah
karma phalam
karyam karma karoti yah
sah sanyasi cha yogi cha na
niragnih ha cha akriyah
The
blessed Lord said : One who does his prescribed work without any desire for its
fruits is a sanyasin, he is a yogi. By not lighting the sacred fire and by not
performing any work one does not become a yogi.
- yam
sanyasam iti prahuh
yogam tam viddhi pandava
nahi chsanyastasan kalpah
yogi bhavati kashechana
O
Pandava (Arjuna) known that what is called renunciation is verily yoga; on one,
who does not renounce his desire, can be a yogi.
- arurukshoh
muneh yogam
karma karm uchyate
yogarudhasya tasya eva
shamah karanam uchyate
To
work without selfish desires is said to be the way to attain yoga, when yoga is
reached tranquility is said to be the way to it.
- yada
hi na indriyarthesha
na karmasu anusajjate
sarvasankalpa sanyasin
yogarudhah tada uchyate
At
the stage when one has renounced the objects of his desires and also the works,
one is said to have attained to yoga.
- udharet
atmana atmanama
na atmanam avasadayeta
atma eva hi atmanah bandhuh
atma eva ripuh atmanah.
A
man can attain his welfare through his own efforts, he should not allow himself
to be degraded. The self is one's friend as well as an enemy .
- bandhuh
atma atmahan tasya
ten atma eva atmana
tijah anatmanah tu shatrutve
nartet atma eva shatruvat
To
one who, has controlled his senses and mind, self is a friend but for one who
has not attained to his self, his self becomes the enemy.
- Jitatmanah
prashamtasya
Paramatma samahitah
Shitosnasukhduhkhashu
Tatha manapranayo.
When
one has mastered the self and has reached the state of deep tranquility and
peace his supreme self arides within, he is not afftected by cold and heat,
pleasure and pain and honor and dishonor.
- gyanvigyana
triptatma
kutastha vijitendriyah
yuktah iti uchyate
yogi samalosthasma kanchanah
The
yogi, satisfied with wisdom and knowledge, who is steady and is in control of
his senses, to whom clay, a stone and a price of gold are the same, is said to
be one with the self.
- shuhin
mitraryudasinamadhyasthadveshayabandhushu
sadhushu api cha papeshu
samabudhih vishisyate.
One
who has same mind for his friends, companions and enemies, towards those who are
neutral, to those who are full of hatred and to relatives, to saints and
sinners, is very superior.
- Yogi
yunjita satatam
atmanam rahasi sthitah
ekaki yatchittatma
nirashih aparigrabah
Yogi
should concentrate his mind on the supreme being, living in seclusion, alone
self controlled, free from desires for wordly possessions.
- shuchau
deshe pratisthapya
sthiram asanam atmanah
na atiyuchhitam na atinecham
chailajin kushottarama
In
a clean place, sitting on a firm seat, neither too high nor too low, covered
with grass, skin of deer and cloth.
- tatra
ekagram manah
kritva yatchitendriyamkriyah
upvishvayasane yunjyat
yogan atma vishudhyate
Sitting
on such a seat, making his mind one-pointed and controlling his mind and senses,
he should practice yoga for cleaning the soul.
- samam
kayashirogreenam
dharyana achalam sthirah
samprekshya nasikagram
svamdishah cha anavalokayan
Keeping
the body, head and necks, erect and steady, looking pointedly at the tip of his
nose. Without looking in other directions.
- prashantatma
vigatbhin
brahma chariurate sthitah
manah sanyamya macchittah
yuktah asita matparah
Calm
and free from fear firmly observing celibacy, controlling his mind, he should
sit, absorbed in me and mind focused on me.
- yunjan
evam sada
atmanama yogi niyatmanasah,
shantin nirvana parmam
matsanstham adhigachhati,
The
yogi, having his mind under control, keeping himself serve, attains to peace and
supreme bliss and abides in me.
- na
ati ashranatah tu yogah
astina chha ekantam anaschanatah
na cha ati swapnashilasya
jagratah na eva cha arjuna
Yoga
is not for him who eats too much or eats too less and it is not for him, O
Arjuna, who sleeps too much or keeps awake too much.
- yuktaharviharasya
yuktachestasya karmashu
yuktaswapnavbodhasya
yogah bhavati cluhkhah
A
man of modest habits in eating and enjoyment, who is controlled in his actions,
having proper amount of sleep and wakefulness, comes to achieve yoga which
destroys all his sorrows.
- yada
viniyatam chittam
atmani eva avatisthate
nihsprih sarva kamebhyah
yuktah iti uchyatetada
When
the controlled mind is steeped in the self only, free from all desires, it is
said to be mingled with yoga.
- yatha
deepah nivatasthah
na ingate saupma smrita
yoginah yatchitsya
yunjat yogan atmanah.
Like
a lamp in a windless place does not flicker, yogi is componed to it who is
absorbed in the union with self, having controlled the mind.
- yatra
uparmate chittam
niruddham yoga sevaya yatra
cha ena atmana atmanam
pashyam atmani tushyati
When
mind is at peace, disciplined through the practice of one mindedness he
experience the self and rejoice in the self.
- sukam
atyantikam yat
tata buddhigrahyam atindriyam
vetri yat nacha ayam
sthitah chalati tatnatah
Finding
the ultimate delight beyond the reach of senses perceived by intelligence only,
steadied therein, such yogi cannot go away from the truth.
- yam
labdhava cha aparam
labham manyate na adhikama tatah
yasmin stithah na duhkhena
guruna api vichalyate
Reaching
that state he thinks that there is nothing greater beyond it, well established
in it, he cannot be moved even by the greatest of sorrows.
- tat
vidyat chchkhah sanyoguiyogam,
yoga samagyiytam
sah nishchayena yokatavhay
yogah aniruidda chetsah
That
is the name of yoga which has no connection with the gain and loss of this pain.
This yoga should be practised losing heart, determinedly.
- samkalpprabhavana
kamana
tyaktua sarvan asheshatah
manasa eva indriyagramam
viviyama samantatah.
Foresaking
all desires born of wishfulness, controlling with the intelligence senses on all
sides.
- sanaih
sanaih uparmeya
buddhaya ghritigrihitaya
atmasamstham manah kritua
na kinchit api chintayeta
He
gains little by little peace by means of tranquility of reason resulting from
the absorption of mind into the self he should not contemplate anything else.
- yatah
yatah rishacharati manals
chamchalam asthiram
tatah tatah niyamya etat
atmani eva vasham naxeta.
The
unsteady and wandering mind for whatsover reason goes into the worldly matters,
should be restrained and repeatedly brought back to the self.
- prashnatmanasam
hi enam
yoginam sukham uttamam
upaiti shanta rajasam
brahma bhutam akalmasham
The
yogi whose mind is peaceful, whose passions are subdued, who is pure in mind and
has become one with the god, obtains supreme bliss.
- yunjannevam
sadatmanam
yogi vigatkalmashah
sukhena brahmasaushparsham
atyantam sukham ashrute
Yogi
becoming free of sins, constantly being in unison with the self confortably gets
in touch with the supreme being and experiences the absolute happiness.
- sarvabhutastham
atmanam
sarvabhutani cha atmani
ikshate yoga yuktatma
sarvatra samadarshanah
One
who has reached yoga sees all creatures in his self and his self abiding in all
the creatures, everything he sees evenly.
- yah
mam pashyato sarvatra
sarvam cha may pashyati
tasya aham na pranasyami
sahcha me na pranashyati
One
who sees me in everybeing and sees all beings in me I am never lost to him, nor
he is lost to me.
- Sarvabhutasthitam
yah mamabhajati
ekatvam asthitah
samvatha vartmanah api sah
yogi mayi uartate
The
yogi who has become one with me, worships me in all beings, lives in me, however
he may be doing.
- atmaupamyena
sarvatra samam
pashyati yah arjuna
sukham na yadi va
duhkham sah yogi param matah
O
Arjuna, he who sees all with self sameness be in pleasure or pain is regarded as
a yogi of the highest order.
Arjuna Uvacha
- yah
ayam yogah thaya
proktah samyena madhusudhan
etasys ahaum na pasyam
chauchaltivat sthitim sthiram.
Arjuna
said : This yoga preached by you being in the nature about the evenness of mind,
O Krishna, does not appear to be of permanent nature, as the mind is very
restless.
- chanchalam
hi manah Krishna
pramathi balwat dridham
tasya aham nigraham
manya vayoh eva suduskaran
O
Krishna, the mind is very unstable, it is impulsive, strong and stubborn like
wind it is very difficult to control.
Shri bhagvan uvacha
- ashamsayam
mahabaho manah
durnigraham cholama
abhyasena tu kaunteya
vairagyena cha grihyate
The
blessed Lord said : O Arjuna, undoubtedly the mind is difficult to subdue and is
restless but it can be controlled, O Son of Kunti (Arjuna)) by constant practice
and renunciation.
- asanyatmana
yogah dusprapyah
eti me matin
vashyatmana tu yatata
shakyah avaptum upayatah
One
who is unable to control his mind, for him yoga is very hard to attain, but by
self-willed persons striving properly it can be achieved.
Arjuna uvacha
- ayatin
shradhaya upatah
yogat chalitmanasah
aprapya yogsamsidhim kama
gatim krishna gachhati
One
who is unable to control his mind and wanders away from the way of yoga, thus
not finding perfection in yoga, though having faith, what happen to such men, O
Krishna?
- kanchit
na ubhayavibhrastah
chhinabhram eva nashyati
apratisthah mahabahoh vimudhah
brahmanah pathi
Does
not he disintegrate like torn clouds, O Krishna, thus derieved of both, without
any support and confused about the way to the supreme?
- etat
me shanshayam krishna
chettum arhasi aseshatah
tvadanyah sanshayasya asya
chetta na hi upapadhyate
O
Krishna only, you are capable of dispelling my these doubts, there is no one who
may do this
- parth
na eva ih na
amutra vinashah tasya vidhyate
ha hi kalyankrita kashita
durgatim tat gachhati.
O
Arjuna, neither in this world nor in the other such a person come to be
destroyed, for anyone doing noble-deeds, my dear friend, cannot come to grief.
- prapya
pundya kritam lokan
ushitha shashvathi samah
shuchinam shrimatam gehe
yogabrasthah abhijayate
Reaching
the world of the glorious and living there for very long period, the man who has
wandered from the way of yoga is reborn in the house of the pure and the
prosperous.
- athava
yoginama eva
kule bhavati dhimatama
eta hi durlabhtaram
loke janma yat iddrisham
O
he may be born in the clan of yogis and the learned. This kind of birth is
indeed very rare in the world.
- tatra
tam buddhisanyogam
labhate pauruadehikam
yatate cha tato bhuyah
san sidhau kurunandanam
There
he retains the qualities of mind developed during the previous birth and from
there he starts working for the perfection, O Arjuna.
- purvabhyasena
tainena
hriyate hi avashah api sah
jigyasuh api yogasya
shabdabrahma ativartate
Through
the qualities developed during the previous life. He inexorably gets attracted
to the god. Even the seeker after yoga transcends the Vedic rules.
- prayatnat
yatmanah tu yogi
sanshuddhakilvishah
anekajanmasansiddhah
yati param gatim
The
yogi who works relentlessly, freed from all sins, perfecting himself through
many life times, attains the ultimate goal.
- tapasvibhyah
adhikah yogi
gyanibhyah api matah adhikah
karmibhyah cha adhikah yogi
tasmat yogi bhava arjuna
The
yogi is greater than one who does penance, he is regarded above the learned one,
greater than the man who works for wordly things, therefore you too become a
yogi O Arjuna.
- yoginam
api sarvesham
madgatena antaratmana
shradhavan bhajate yah mama
soh me yuktatamah matah
Of
all the yogis, who worships me, with full faith, with his self abiding in me, he
is a yogi of the highest order, I say.
