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.
