Bhagavad Gita 6.20-23

Sanskrit

यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया । यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ॥6.20॥सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद् बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् । वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः ॥6.21॥यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः । यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ॥6.22॥तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम् । स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा ॥6.23॥

Transliteration

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‖

Meaning

“When the mind, restrained by the practice of yoga, becomes still, and when, seeing the Self by the self, one is content in the Self; when one knows that boundless joy which is grasped by the intellect beyond the senses, and established therein never departs from the truth; gaining which one thinks no other gain superior, and established wherein one is not shaken even by heavy sorrow, let that be known as yoga, the disconnection from union with pain. This yoga is to be practised with determination and an undespairing mind.”

Theme: The Yoga of Meditation

This verse is part of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga , read all verses in this chapter.

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