Dhyana Yoga

1 BG 6.1 श्रीभगवानुवाच | अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः | स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ||६-१|| The Lord said: One who performs the work that ought to be done without relying on its fruit is both a renouncer and a yogi—not merely one without a ritual fire or without activity. 2 BG 6.2 यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव | न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ||६-२|| Know that what is called renunciation is yoga, son of Pandu. No one becomes a yogi without giving up desire-driven intentions. 3 BG 6.3 आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते | योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते ||६-३|| For a sage wishing to ascend to yoga, action is said to be the means. For that same person established in yoga, stillness is said to be the means. 4 BG 6.4 यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते | सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते ||६-४|| When one is attached neither to sense objects nor to actions and has renounced all desire-driven intentions, one is called established in yoga. 5 BG 6.5 उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् | आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ||६-५|| One should lift oneself through oneself, and not let oneself sink. The self is one's own friend, and the self is one's own enemy. 6 BG 6.6 बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः | अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ||६-६|| For one who has mastered oneself through oneself, the self is a friend. But for one without self-mastery, the self behaves like an enemy. 7 BG 6.7 जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः | शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः ||६-७|| For the self-mastered and peaceful person, the supreme self is firmly present amid cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honor and dishonor. 8 BG 6.8 ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः | युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ||६-८|| The yogi satisfied by knowledge and direct understanding, steady and master of the senses, who regards a clod, a stone, and gold equally, is called integrated. 9 BG 6.9 सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु | साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ||६-९|| One excels whose understanding is equal toward well-wishers, friends, enemies, the indifferent, mediators, the disliked, relatives, the good, and wrongdoers. 10 BG 6.10 योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः | एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः ||६-१०|| A yogi should continually engage oneself in yoga, staying in seclusion, alone, governing mind and self, without expectations or possessions. 11 BG 6.11 शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः | नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम् ||६-११|| In a clean place, one should establish a firm seat, neither too high nor too low, with cloth, animal skin, and kusha grass arranged upon it. 12 BG 6.12 तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः | उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये ||६-१२|| Sitting there, making the mind one-pointed and governing the activities of mind and senses, one should practice yoga for inner purification. 13 BG 6.13 समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः | सम्प्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् ||६-१३|| Holding body, head, and neck straight, steady and unmoving, one should direct the gaze toward the tip of the nose without looking around. 14 BG 6.14 प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः | मनः संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्परः ||६-१४|| Peaceful and fearless, established in the vow of celibate discipline, governing the mind, one should sit in yoga with thought fixed on me, regarding me as supreme. 15 BG 6.15 युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी नियतमानसः | शान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति ||६-१५|| Practicing continually in this way, with mind governed, the yogi reaches peace whose culmination is liberation, established in me. 16 BG 6.16 नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः | न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ||६-१६|| Yoga is not for one who eats too much or does not eat at all, Arjuna, nor for one who sleeps excessively or stays constantly awake. 17 BG 6.17 युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु | युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ||६-१७|| For someone moderate in food and recreation, balanced in activity, and regulated in sleep and waking, yoga becomes the destroyer of suffering. 18 BG 6.18 यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते | निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा ||६-१८|| When the thoroughly governed mind rests in the self alone, without longing for any desire, one is then called integrated. 19 BG 6.19 यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता | योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ||६-१९|| A lamp that does not flicker in a windless place is the image given for the yogi whose mind is governed and who practices yoga of the self. 20 BG 6.20 यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया | यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ||६-२०|| In that state the mind, restrained through yoga practice, becomes quiet; seeing the self through the self, one is content in the self. 21 BG 6.21 सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद् बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् | वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः ||६-२१|| There one knows the ultimate happiness that is beyond the senses and grasped by understanding; established there, one does not move away from reality. 22 BG 6.22 यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः | यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ||६-२२|| Having gained it, one considers no other gain greater. Established in it, one is not shaken even by severe suffering. 23 BG 6.23 तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम् | स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा ||६-२३|| Know this separation from contact with suffering as what is called yoga. This yoga should be practiced with determination and an undiscouraged mind. 24 BG 6.24 सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः | मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ||६-२४|| Abandoning without exception every desire born of imagining, and governing the whole group of senses through the mind on every side— 25 BG 6.25 शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया | आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ||६-२५|| One should gradually become still, using understanding held firm by resolve. Setting the mind in the self, one should think of nothing else. 26 BG 6.26 यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् | ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ||६-२६|| Wherever the restless, unsteady mind wanders, one should restrain it from there, bring it under control, and settle it in the self alone. 27 BG 6.27 प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम् | उपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम् ||६-२७|| The highest happiness comes to the yogi whose mind is peaceful, whose passion is quieted, who is free from fault and has become Brahman. 28 BG 6.28 युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी विगतकल्मषः | सुखेन ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्नुते ||६-२८|| Continually practicing in this way, the yogi freed from faults easily experiences boundless happiness in contact with Brahman. 29 BG 6.29 सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि | ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शनः ||६-२९|| One integrated through yoga sees the self in all beings and all beings in the self, seeing equally everywhere. 30 BG 6.30 यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति | तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ||६-३०|| If someone sees me everywhere and sees everything in me, I never disappear from their view. They never disappear from mine either. 31 BG 6.31 सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः | सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते ||६-३१|| The yogi who worships me as present in all beings, established in oneness, lives in me whatever their manner of living. 32 BG 6.32 आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन | सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं स योगी परमो मतः ||६-३२|| Arjuna, I consider the highest yogi to be one who sees equally everywhere, measuring pleasure and pain by comparison with oneself. 33 BG 6.33 अर्जुन उवाच | योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन | एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् ||६-३३|| Arjuna said: Madhusudana, because of the mind's restlessness, I do not see how this yoga of evenness that you describe can remain steady. 34 BG 6.34 चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद् दृढम् | तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ||६-३४|| Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, and stubborn. I think restraining it is as difficult as restraining the wind. 35 BG 6.35 श्रीभगवानुवाच | असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् | अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ||६-३५|| The Lord said: Without doubt, mighty-armed one, the mind is restless and difficult to restrain. Yet through practice and detachment it can be governed, Kunti's son. 36 BG 6.36 असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः | वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः ||६-३६|| I consider yoga difficult to reach for one without self-control. But one who strives with a governed self can attain it through proper means. 37 BG 6.37 अर्जुन उवाच | अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः | अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ||६-३७|| Arjuna asked: Krishna, what becomes of someone who has trust but lacks perseverance, whose mind strays from yoga before reaching its perfection? 38 BG 6.38 कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति | अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ||६-३८|| Does such a person, fallen from both paths and without support, perish like a broken cloud, confused on the path to Brahman, mighty-armed one? 39 BG 6.39 एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः | त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते ||६-३९|| Krishna, please remove this doubt of mine completely. No one other than you can resolve it. 40 BG 6.40 श्रीभगवानुवाच | पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते | न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद् दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ||६-४०|| The Lord said: Partha, such a person is destroyed neither here nor hereafter. My dear one, no one who does good meets a bad end. 41 BG 6.41 प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः | शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते ||६-४१|| One who falls away from yoga reaches the worlds of those who act well, lives there for ages, and is then born in a pure and prosperous household. 42 BG 6.42 अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम् | एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम् ||६-४२|| Or such a person is born into a family of wise practitioners of yoga. A birth like that is even harder to obtain in this world. 43 BG 6.43 तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम् | यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन ||६-४३|| There one recovers the connection with understanding gained in the former body, and strives again toward perfection, descendant of Kuru. 44 BG 6.44 पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः | जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते ||६-४४|| That previous practice draws the person onward, even involuntarily. Even someone who seeks to know yoga goes beyond the verbal sacred teaching. 45 BG 6.45 प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः | अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ||६-४५|| The yogi who strives diligently, purified of faults and perfected through many births, then reaches the highest destination. 46 BG 6.46 तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः | कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन ||६-४६|| The yogi is considered greater than the ascetic, greater even than the learned, and greater than those devoted to ritual action. Therefore become a yogi, Arjuna. 47 BG 6.47 योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना | श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः ||६-४७|| Among all yogis, I consider most fully integrated the one who worships me with trust, the inner self absorbed in me.