The Yoga of Self-Subdual

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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

1. 6·11शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः । नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम् ॥ ११ ॥śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ, nātyucchritaṁ nātinīcaṁ cailājinakuśottaram.He should set in a pure spot his firm seat, neither too high, nor yet too low, covered with a cloth, with a…
2. 6·12तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः । उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये ॥ १२ ॥tatraikāgraṁ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ, upaviśyāsane yuñjyādyogamātmaviśuddhaye.Seated there with a concentrated mind and with the workings of the mental consciousness and the senses under…
3. 6·13समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः । संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् ॥ १३ ॥samaṁ kāyaśirogrīvaṁ dhārayannacalaṁ sthiraḥ, saṁprekṣya nāsikāgraṁ svaṁ diśaścānavalokayan.Holding the body, head and neck erect, motionless (the posture proper to the practice of Rajayoga), the vision…
4. 6·14प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः । मनः संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्परः ॥ १४ ॥praśāntātmā vigatabhīrbrahmacārivrate sthitaḥ, manaḥ saṁyamya maccitto yukta āsīta matparaḥ.The mind kept calm and free from fear and the vow of Brahmacharya observed, the whole controlled mentality…
5. 6·15युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी नियतमानसः । शान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति ॥ १५ ॥yuñjannevaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī niyatamānasaḥ, śāntiṁ nirvāṇaparamāṁ matsaṁsthāmadhigacchati.Thus always putting himself in Yoga by control of his mind, the Yogin attains to the supreme peace of Nirvana…
6. 6·16नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः । न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥ १६ ॥nātyaśnatastu yogo’sti na caikāntamanaśnataḥ, na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna.Verily this Yoga is not for him who eats too much or sleeps too much, even as it is not for him who gives up…
7. 6·17युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु । युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥ १७ ॥yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu, yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā.Yoga destroys all sorrow for him in whom the sleep and waking, the food, the play, the putting forth of effort…
8. 6·18यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते । निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा ॥ १८ ॥yadā viniyataṁ cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate, niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yukta ityucyate tadā.When all the mental consciousness is perfectly controlled and liberated from desire and remains still in the…
9. 6·19, a key verseयथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता । योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ॥ १९ ॥yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā, yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ.Motionless like the light of lamp in a windless place is the controlled consciousness (free from its restless…
10. 6·20यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया । यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ॥ २० ॥yatroparamate cittaṁ niruddhaṁ yogasevayā, yatra caivātmanātmānaṁ paśyannātmani tuṣyati.That in which the mind becomes silent and still by the practice of Yoga…
11. 6·21सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद् बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् । वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः ॥ २१ ॥sukhamātyantikaṁ yattad buddhigrāhyamatīndriyam, vetti yatra na caivāyaṁ sthitaścalati tattvataḥ.That in which the soul knows its own true and exceeding bliss, which is perceived by the intelligence and is…
12. 6·22यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः । यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ॥ २२ ॥yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ, yasminsthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate.That is the greatest of all gains and treasure beside which all lose their value, wherein established he is…
13. 6·23तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम् । स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा ॥ २३ ॥taṁ vidyād duḥkhasaṁyogaviyogaṁ yogasaṁjñitam. sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo’nirviṇṇacetasā,It is the putting away of the contact with pain, the divorce of the mind’s marriage with grief.
14. 6·24संकल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः । मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥ २४ ॥saṅkalpaprabhavānkāmāṁstyaktvā sarvānaśeṣataḥ, manasaivendriyagrāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ.Abandoning without any exception or residue all the desires born of the desire-will and holding the senses by…
15. 6·25शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया । आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किंचिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥ २५ ॥śanaiḥ śanairuparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā, ātmasaṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiṁcidapi cintayet.One should slowly cease from mental action by a buddhi held in the grasp of fixity, and having fixed the mind…
16. 6·26यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चंचलमस्थिरम् । ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ॥ २६ ॥yato yato niścarati manaścaṁcalamasthiram, tatastato niyamyaitadātmanyeva vaśaṁ nayet.Whenever the restless and unquiet mind goes forth, it should be controlled and brought into subjection in the…