The Yoga of Self-Subdual

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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

1. 6·5, a key verseउद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् । आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥ ५ ॥uddharedātmanātmānaṁ nātmānamavasādayet, ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ.By the self thou shouldst deliver the self, thou shouldst not depress and cast down the self (whether by…
2. 6·6बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः । अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ॥ ६ ॥bandhurātmātmanastasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ, anātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat.To the man is his self a friend in whom the (lower) self has been conquered by the (higher) self, but to him…
3. 6·7जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः । शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः ॥ ७ ॥jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ, śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ.When one has conquered one’s self and attained to the calm of a perfect self-mastery and self-possession, then…
4. 6·8ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः । युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ॥ ८ ॥jñānavijñānatṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ, yukta ityucyate yogī samaloṣṭāśmakāṁcanaḥ.The Yogin, who is satisfied with self-knowledge, tranquil and self-poised, master of his senses, regarding…
5. 6·9सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु । साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥ ९ ॥suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu, sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate.He who is equal in soul to friend and enemy and to neutral and indifferent, also to sinner and saint, he…
6. 6·10योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः । एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः ॥ १० ॥yogī yuñjīta satatamātmānaṁ rahasi sthitaḥ, ekākī yatacittātmā nirāśīraparigrahaḥ.Let the Yogin practise continually union with the Self (so that that may become his normal consciousness)…