dhyānayoga
atha ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ
śloka 1
śrībhagavānuvāca |
anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ |
sa saṃnyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnirna cākriyaḥ ||6-1||
Translation
Shri Bhagavan said: He who performs obligatory action without depending on its fruits—he is a renunciant and a Yogi, not he who has merely abandoned the sacred fire and rituals.
śloka 6
bandhurātmātmanastasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ |
anātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat ||6-6||
Translation
For him who has conquered the lower self (senses, etc.) by the higher Self, the Self is his friend; but for him who has not conquered the senses, the Self remains like an enemy.
śloka 7 and 8
jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ |
śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ ||6-7||
jñānavijñānatṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ |
yukta ityucyate yogī samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ ||6-8||
Translation
He who remains serene in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honour and dishonour—for such a self-controlled man the Supreme Self is properly established, that is, present in the form of the Self. The Yogi who is content with knowledge and wisdom, who is free from perturbation and has conquered the senses, to whom clay, stone and gold are alike—he is said to be united with the Supreme.
śloka 9
suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu |
sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate ||6-9||
Translation
He who has the same regard for friend, companion, enemy, the indifferent, the mediator, the hostile, and kinsmen, as well as for the righteous and the sinful—he is the best.
śloka 11 and 12
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ |
nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ cailājinakuśottaram ||6-11||
tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ |
upaviśyāsane yuñjyādyogamātmaviśuddhaye ||6-12||
Translation
Having established his seat on a clean spot, neither too high nor too low, with kusha grass, a deerskin and cloth spread thereon—there, having made the mind one-pointed and subdued the activities of mind and senses, he should practice Yoga for the purification of the Self.
śloka 13 and 14
samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ |
samprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan ||6-13||
praśāntātmā vigatabhīrbrahmacārivrate sthitaḥ |
manaḥ saṃyamya maccitto yukta āsīta matparaḥ ||6-14||
Translation
Holding the body, head and neck erect and steady, fixing the gaze on the tip of the nose without looking in other directions—the aspirant should sit with a serene mind, fearless, established in the vow of celibacy, restraining the mind, fixing the consciousness on Me, and regarding Me as the supreme goal.
śloka 20, 21, 22, 23
yatroparamate cittaṃ niruddhaṃ yogasevayā |
yatra caivātmanātmānaṃ paśyannātmani tuṣyati ||6-20||
sukhamātyantikaṃ yattad buddhigrāhyamatīndriyam |
vetti yatra na caivāyaṃ sthitaścalati tattvataḥ ||6-21||
yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ |
yasminsthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate ||6-22||
taṃ vidyād duḥkhasaṃyogaviyogaṃ yogasaṃjñitam |
sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo'nirviṇṇacetasā ||6-23||
Translation
When through the practice of Yoga the restrained mind attains calm, and when the aspirant sees the Self by the Self and is satisfied within the Self; when he experiences that supreme bliss which is transcendent, beyond the senses, and grasped by the intellect—the practitioner of meditation, established in that bliss, is never swayed from the truth; when having attained that gain, no other gain seems greater to him, and when established in it he is not shaken even by the heaviest sorrow—disunion from union with sorrow is what should be known as Yoga. The practice of this meditation Yoga should be performed with resolve and with an unwavering mind.
śloka 24 and 25
saṅkalpaprabhavānkāmāṃstyaktvā sarvānaśeṣataḥ |
manasaivendriyagrāmaṃ viniyamya samantataḥ ||6-24||
śanaiḥ śanairuparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā |
ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcidapi cintayet ||6-25||
Translation
Having completely abandoned all desires born of resolve, and having restrained the host of senses on all sides by the mind—gradually, with the intellect endowed with steadiness, the Yogi should attain tranquillity; having established the mind in the Self, he should not think of anything else.
śloka 33
arjuna uvāca |
yo'yaṃ yogastvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana |
etasyāhaṃ na paśyāmi cañcalatvātsthitiṃ sthirām ||6-33||
Translation
Arjuna said: O Madhusudana! This Yoga of equanimity that You have described—I do not see how its lasting establishment is possible, for the mind is restless.
śloka 35
śrībhagavānuvāca |
asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṃ calam |
abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate ||6-35||
Translation
Shri Bhagavan said: O mighty-armed one! Without doubt the mind is restless and difficult to control; but, O son of Kunti! it can be subdued by practice and dispassion.
śloka 36
asaṃyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ |
vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo'vāptumupāyataḥ ||6-36||
Translation
Yoga is difficult to attain for the man of uncontrolled mind; but for him who has mastered his mind and strives diligently, it is attainable through proper means—such is My view.
śloka 37
arjuna uvāca |
ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ |
aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati ||6-37||
Translation
Arjuna said: O Krishna! He whose mind has wandered from Yoga, who has not attained perfection in practice—what state does such a man of faith attain?
śloka 40
śrībhagavānuvāca |
pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśastasya vidyate |
na hi kalyāṇakṛtkaścid durgatiṃ tāta gacchati ||6-40||
Translation
Shri Bhagavan said: O Partha! Neither in this world nor in the next is there destruction for that man; O dear one! no one who does good ever attains an evil destiny.
śloka 41
prāpya puṇyakṛtāṃ lokānuṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ |
śucīnāṃ śrīmatāṃ gehe yogabhraṣṭo'bhijāyate ||6-41||
Translation
The man who has fallen from Yoga attains the worlds of the virtuous, dwells there for a long time, and then takes birth in the house of the prosperous who are of pure conduct.
śloka 46
tapasvibhyo'dhiko yogī jñānibhyo'pi mato'dhikaḥ |
karmibhyaścādhiko yogī tasmādyogī bhavārjuna ||6-46||
Translation
For the Yogi is deemed superior to ascetics, superior even to those who possess knowledge merely of the scriptures, and superior to those who perform actions; therefore, O Arjuna, be a Yogi.
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