The Gita

Chapter 6 · Verse 4 of 47

The Yoga of Meditation

ध्यानयोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

One is said to have firmly stabilized in the {Meditative} Yoga {experiencing the union of the soul with the Supreme Spirit God} when he is not drawn anymore to hedonistic pleasures and worldly acts and has forsaken all temporal resolves. (6:4)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते ।

सर्वसङ्कल्पसन्न्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते॥

Word-by-word

यदा हि न इन्द्रिय-अर्थेषु, न कर्मसु अनु-षज्जते,

सर्व-सङ्कल्प-सन्न्यासी, योग-आरूढः तदा उच्यते।

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