The Yoga of Self-Subdual

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Arjuna uvācaअर्जुन उवाच

1. 6·33योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन । एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् ॥ ३३ ॥yo’yaṁ yogastvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana, etasyāhaṁ na paśyāmi caṁcalatvātsthitiṁ sthirām.This Yoga of the nature of equality which has been described by Thee, O Madhusudana, I see no stable…
2. 6·34चंचलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद् दृढम् । तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ॥ ३४ ॥caṁcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham, tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyoriva suduṣkaram.Restless indeed is the mind, O Krishna; it is vehement, strong and unconquerable…

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

1. 6·35असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् । अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ॥ ३५ ॥asaṁśayaṁ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam, abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate.Without doubt, O mighty-armed, the mind is restless and very difficult to restrain…
2. 6·36असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः । वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः ॥ ३६ ॥asaṁyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ, vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo’vāptumupāyataḥ.By one who is not self-controlled, this Yoga is difficult to attain…

Arjuna uvācaअर्जुन उवाच

1. 6·37अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः । अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ॥ ३७ ॥ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ, aprāpya yogasaṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati.He who takes up Yoga with faith, but cannot control himself with the mind wandering away from Yoga, failing to…
2. 6·38कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति । अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ॥ ३८ ॥kaccinnobhayavibhraṣṭaśchinnābhramiva naśyati, apratiṣṭho mahābāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi.Does he not, O mighty-armed, lose both this life (of human activity and thought and emotion which it has left…
3. 6·39एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः । त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते ॥ ३९ ॥etanme saṁśayaṁ kṛṣṇa chettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ, tvadanyaḥ saṁśayasyāsya chettā na hyupapadyate.This my doubt, O Krishna, please dispel completely without leaving any residue…

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

1. 6·40, a key verseपार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते । न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद् दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ॥ ४० ॥pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśastasya vidyate, na hi kalyāṇakṛtkaścid durgatiṁ tāta gacchati.O son of Pritha, neither in this life nor hereafter is there destruction for him…
2. 6·41प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः । शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते ॥ ४१ ॥prāpya puṇyakṛtāṁ lokānuṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ, śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yogabhraṣṭo’bhijāyate.Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and having dwelt there for immemorial years, he who fell from…
3. 6·42अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम् । एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम् ॥ ४२ ॥athavā yogināmeva kule bhavati dhīmatām, etaddhi durlabhataraṁ loke janma yadīdṛśam.Or he may be born in the family of the wise Yogins; indeed such a birth is rare to obtain in this world.
4. 6·43तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम् । यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन ॥ ४३ ॥tatra taṁ buddhisaṁyogaṁ labhate paurvadehikam, yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ saṁsiddhau kurunandana.There he recovers the mental state of union (with the Divine) which he had formed in his previous life…
5. 6·44पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः । जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते ॥ ४४ ॥pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hyavaśo’pi saḥ, jijñāsurapi yogasya śabdabrahmātivartate.By that former practice he is irresistibly carried on. Even the seeker after the knowledge of Yoga goes beyond…
6. 6·45प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः । अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥ ४५ ॥prayatnādyatamānastu yogī saṁśuddhakilbiṣaḥ, anekajanmasaṁsiddhastato yāti parāṁ gatim.But the Yogin, endeavouring with assiduity, purified from sin, perfecting himself through many lives attains…