Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 – Dhyana Yoga
The yoga of meditation and self-control.
47 verses
All verses of this chapter
- 6.1 – श्रीभगवानुवाच – The Blessed Lord said: One who performs the work that ought to be done without depending on its fruits is a…
- 6.2 – यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं – O son of Pandu, know that what is called renunciation is in fact yoga; for no one becomes a yogi without…
- 6.3 – आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते – For the sage who wishes to ascend to yoga, action is said to be the means; for that same person, once he has…
- 6.4 – यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न – When a person is attached neither to the objects of the senses nor to actions, and has renounced all selfish…
- 6.5 – उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् – One should lift oneself up by one's own self and never let oneself sink down; for the self alone is the…
- 6.6 – बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः – For one who has conquered his mind by himself, his own self is his friend; but for one who has not conquered…
- 6.7 – जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः – For one who has conquered himself and is deeply at peace, the Supreme Self remains steadily present — in…
- 6.8 – ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः – The yogi whose heart is fully satisfied with knowledge and realisation, who stands unshaken like an anvil…
- 6.9 – सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु – He who has equal regard for well-wishers, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful and…
- 6.10 – योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि – A yogi should constantly engage his mind in meditation, staying in solitude, alone, with mind and body…
- 6.11 – शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः – Having established in a clean place a firm seat for himself, neither too high nor too low, covered with…
- 6.12 – तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः – Seated there on that seat, making the mind one-pointed and restraining the activities of mind and senses…
- 6.13 – समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः – Holding the body, head and neck erect, aligned and still, remaining steady, gazing as it were at the tip of…
- 6.14 – प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः – Serene and fearless, firm in the vow of celibacy, restraining the mind and fixing it on Me, let him sit in…
- 6.15 – युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी नियतमानसः – Thus constantly uniting his mind with the Supreme, the yogi of disciplined mind attains the peace that…
- 6.16 – नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः – Yoga is not for one who eats too much, nor for one who does not eat at all; not for one who sleeps too much…
- 6.17 – युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु – For one who is moderate in eating and recreation, balanced in effort at work, and regulated in sleep and…
- 6.18 – यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते – When the well-disciplined mind rests in the Self alone, free from longing for all objects of desire, then…
- 6.19 – यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते – As a lamp in a windless place does not flicker — that is the image used for the disciplined mind of a yogi…
- 6.20 – यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया – That state in which the mind, restrained by the practice of yoga, comes to rest; in which, seeing the Self…
- 6.21 – सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद् बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् – In which one knows that infinite joy which lies beyond the senses and is grasped by the purified intellect…
- 6.22 – यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं – Having gained which one considers no other gain greater, and established in which one is not shaken even by…
- 6.23 – तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम् – Know that state, the severance of all union with sorrow, to be what is called yoga.
- 6.24 – सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः – Abandoning completely all desires born of mental projection, and restraining the whole group of senses on…
- 6.25 – शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया – Little by little let him withdraw, by an intellect held firm with steadfastness; having made the mind abide…
- 6.26 – यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् – Whatever makes the restless and unsteady mind wander away, from that very thing let him draw it back and…
- 6.27 – प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम् – Supreme happiness comes to the yogi whose mind is perfectly calm, whose restlessness (rajas) is stilled, who…
- 6.28 – युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी विगतकल्मषः – Thus constantly uniting his mind with the Self, the yogi freed from impurity easily enjoys the infinite…
- 6.29 – सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि – The one whose mind is united in yoga, seeing with equal vision everywhere, beholds the Self abiding in all…
- 6.30 – यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र – One who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me — I am never lost to him, nor is he ever lost to Me.
- 6.31 – सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः – The yogi who, established in oneness, worships Me as dwelling in all beings, abides in Me in whatever way he…
- 6.32 – आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति – O Arjuna, the yogi who, by comparison with himself, sees the pleasure and pain of all beings as his own is…
- 6.33 – अर्जुन उवाच – Arjuna said: O Madhusudana, this yoga of equanimity that You have taught — because of the restlessness of…
- 6.34 – चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण – For the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful and obstinate, O Krishna; I consider it as hard to control as…
- 6.35 – श्रीभगवानुवाच – The Blessed Lord said: Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed one, the mind is restless and hard to control; but, O son…
- 6.36 – असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति – For one whose mind is unrestrained, yoga is hard to attain — this is My view.
- 6.37 – अर्जुन उवाच – Arjuna said: O Krishna, what becomes of one who has faith but lacks sufficient effort, whose mind wanders…
- 6.38 – कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति – O mighty-armed Krishna, fallen from both, without support and bewildered on the path to Brahman, does he not…
- 6.39 – एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः – O Krishna, You alone are able to dispel this doubt of mine completely; for no one other than You can be…
- 6.40 – श्रीभगवानुवाच – The Blessed Lord said: O Partha, there is no destruction for him either in this world or in the next; for no…
- 6.41 – प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः – Having reached the worlds of the righteous and dwelt there for countless years, the one who fell from yoga…
- 6.42 – अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति – Or else he is born into a family of wise yogis; but such a birth as this is very hard to obtain in this world.
- 6.43 – तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते – There he regains the yogic understanding gained in his former body, and from there, O joy of the Kurus, he…
- 6.44 – पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि – By that very former practice he is carried forward, even in spite of himself.
- 6.45 – प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः – But the yogi who strives with diligence, purified of all sins and perfected through many births, then…
- 6.46 – तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः – The yogi is greater than the ascetics; he is considered greater even than the men of learning, and greater…
- 6.47 – योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना – And of all yogis, the one who worships Me with faith, his innermost self absorbed in Me, is regarded by Me…