Bhagwad Gita - Post 69

Verse 1

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Anaashritah karmaphalam 

kaaryam karma karoti yah;

Sa sannyaasi cha yogee cha 

na niragnirna chaakriyah.

The Blessed Lord said:

He who performs his bounden duty without depending on the fruits of his actions—he is a Sannyasin and a Yogi, not he who is without fire and without action.

Verse 2 

Yam sannyaasamiti praahuryogam 

tam viddhi paandava;

Na hyasannyastasankalpo 

yogee bhavati kashchana.

Do thou, O Arjuna, know Yoga to be that which they call renunciation; no one verily becomes a Yogi who has not renounced thoughts!

Verse 3 

Aarurukshormuneryogam 

karma kaaranamuchyate;

Yogaaroodhasya tasyaiva 

shamah kaaranamuchyate.

For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage who has attained to Yoga, inaction (quiescence) is said to be the means.

Verse 4

Yadaa hi nendriyaartheshu 

na karmaswanushajjate;

Sarvasankalpasannyaasee 

yogaaroodhas tadochyate.

When a man is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, then he is said to have attained to Yoga.

Verse 5

Uddharedaatmanaatmaanam 

naatmaanamavasaadayet;

Atmaiva hyaatmano 

bandhuraatmaiva ripuraatmanah.

Let a man lift himself by his own Self alone; let him not lower himself, for this self alone is the friend of oneself and this self alone is the enemy of oneself.

Verse 6

Bandhuraatmaa’tmanastasya 

yenaatmaivaatmanaa jitah;

Anaatmanastu shatrutwe 

vartetaatmaiva shatruvat.

The self is the friend of the self for him who has conquered himself by the Self, but to the unconquered self, this self stands in the position of an enemy like the (external) foe.

Verse 7

Jitaatmanah prashaantasya 

paramaatmaa samaahitah;

Sheetoshna sukha duhkheshu

tathaa maanaapamaanayoh.

The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful is balanced in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, as also in honor and dishonor.

Verse 8

Jnana vijnaana triptaatmaa 

kootastho vijitendriyah;

Yuktah ityuchyate yogee 

samaloshtaashmakaanchanah.

The Yogi who is satisfied with the knowledge and the wisdom (of the Self), who has conquered the senses, and to whom a clod of earth, a piece of stone and gold are the same, is said to be harmonised (that is, is said to have attained the state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi).

Verse 9

Suhrinmitraary udaaseena 

madhyastha dweshya bandhushu;

Saadhushwapi cha paapeshu 

samabuddhirvishishyate.

He who is of the same mind to the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the relatives, the righteous and the unrighteous, excels.

Verse 10

Yogee yunjeeta satatama

atmaanam rahasi sthitah;

Ekaakee yatachittaatmaa 

niraasheeraparigrahah.

Let the Yogi try constantly to keep the mind steady, remaining in solitude, alone, with the mind and the body controlled, and free from hope and greed.

Verse 11

Shuchau deshe pratishthaapya 

sthiramaasanamaatmanah;

Naatyucchritam naatineecham 

chailaajinakushottaram.

In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made of a cloth, a skin and kusha grass, one over the other,

Verse 12

Tatraikaagram manah kritwaa 

yatachittendriyakriyah;

Upavishyaasane yunjyaadyogam

aatmavishuddhaye.

There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated on the seat, practise Yoga for the purification of the self.

Verse 13

Samam kaayashirogreevam 

dhaarayannachalam sthirah;

Samprekshya naasikaagram 

swam dishashchaanavalokayan.

Let him firmly hold his body, head and neck erect and perfectly still, gazing at the tip of his nose, without looking around.

Verse 14

Prashaantaatmaa vigatabheer 

brahmachaarivrate sthitah;

Manah samyamya macchitto 

yukta aaseeta matparah.

Serene-minded, fearless, firm in the vow of a Brahmachari, having controlled the mind, thinking of Me and balanced in mind, let him sit, having Me as his supreme goal.

Verse 15

Yunjannevam sadaa’tmaanam 

yogee niyatamaanasah;

Shaantim nirvaanaparamaam 

matsamsthaamadhigacchati.

Thus, always keeping the mind balanced, the Yogi, with the mind controlled, attains to the peace abiding in Me, which culminates in liberation.

Continued...

Love.