Chapter 6 · Dhyana Yoga

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಅನಾಶ್ರಿತಃ ಕರ್ಮಫಲಂ ಕಾರ್ಯಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕರೋತಿ ಯಃ। ಸ ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸೀ ಚ ಯೋಗೀ ಚ ನ ನಿರಗ್ನಿರ್ನ ಚಾಕ್ರಿಯಃ

śhrī bhagavān uvācha anāśhritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī cha yogī cha na niragnir na chākriyaḥ

📖 Meaning

The Blessed Lord said: He who performs his bounden duty without depending on the fruits of his actions—he is a sannyasi and a yogi, not he who is without fire and without action.

ಯಂ ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಮಿತಿ ಪ್ರಾಹುರ್ಯೋಗಂ ತಂ ವಿದ್ಧಿ ಪಾಣ್ಡವ। ನ ಹ್ಯಸಂನ್ಯಸ್ತಸಙ್ಕಲ್ಪೋ ಯೋಗೀ ಭವತಿ ಕಶ್ಚನ

yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava na hyasannyasta-saṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaśhchana

📖 Meaning

Do you, O Arjuna, know that Yoga is what they call renunciation; no one indeed becomes a Yogi who has not renounced their thoughts.

ಆರುರುಕ್ಷೋರ್ಮುನೇರ್ಯೋಗಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕಾರಣಮುಚ್ಯತೇ। ಯೋಗಾರೂಢಸ್ಯ ತಸ್ಯೈವ ಶಮಃ ಕಾರಣಮುಚ್ಯತೇ

ārurukṣhor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam uchyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śhamaḥ kāraṇam uchyate

📖 Meaning

For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage who has attained Yoga, inaction is said to be the means.

ಯದಾ ಹಿ ನೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಾರ್ಥೇಷು ನ ಕರ್ಮಸ್ವನುಷಜ್ಜತೇ। ಸರ್ವಸಙ್ಕಲ್ಪಸಂನ್ಯಾಸೀ ಯೋಗಾರೂಢಸ್ತದೋಚ್ಯತೇ

yadā hi nendriyārtheṣhu na karmasv-anuṣhajjate sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadochyate

📖 Meaning

When a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, then they are said to have attained Yoga.

ಉದ್ಧರೇದಾತ್ಮನಾಽಽತ್ಮಾನಂ ನಾತ್ಮಾನಮವಸಾದಯೇತ್। ಆತ್ಮೈವ ಹ್ಯಾತ್ಮನೋ ಬನ್ಧುರಾತ್ಮೈವ ರಿಪುರಾತ್ಮನಃ

uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet ātmaiva hyātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ

📖 Meaning

One should raise oneself by one's own self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the self alone is one's own friend, and the self alone is one's own enemy.

ಬನ್ಧುರಾತ್ಮಾಽಽತ್ಮನಸ್ತಸ್ಯ ಯೇನಾತ್ಮೈವಾತ್ಮನಾ ಜಿತಃ। ಅನಾತ್ಮನಸ್ತು ಶತ್ರುತ್ವೇ ವರ್ತೇತಾತ್ಮೈವ ಶತ್ರುವತ್

bandhur ātmātmanas tasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ anātmanas tu śhatrutve vartetātmaiva śhatru-vat

📖 Meaning

The Self is the friend of the self of him by whom the Self has been conquered; but to the unconquered self, this Self stands in the position of an enemy, like an external foe.

ಜಿತಾತ್ಮನಃ ಪ್ರಶಾನ್ತಸ್ಯ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮಾ ಸಮಾಹಿತಃ। ಶೀತೋಷ್ಣಸುಖದುಃಖೇಷು ತಥಾ ಮಾನಾಪಮಾನಯೋಃ

jitātmanaḥ praśhāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

📖 Meaning

The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful remains balanced in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, as well as in honor and dishonor.

ಜ್ಞಾನವಿಜ್ಞಾನತೃಪ್ತಾತ್ಮಾ ಕೂಟಸ್ಥೋ ವಿಜಿತೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಃ। ಯುಕ್ತ ಇತ್ಯುಚ್ಯತೇ ಯೋಗೀ ಸಮಲೋಷ್ಟಾಶ್ಮಕಾಞ್ಚನಃ

jñāna-vijñāna-tṛiptātmā kūṭa-stho vijitendriyaḥ yukta ityuchyate yogī sama-loṣhṭāśhma-kāñchanaḥ

📖 Meaning

The Yogi who is satisfied with the knowledge and wisdom of the Self, who has conquered the senses, and to whom a clod of earth, a piece of stone, and gold are all the same, is said to have attained Nirvikalpa Samadhi.

ಸುಹೃನ್ಮಿತ್ರಾರ್ಯುದಾಸೀನಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥದ್ವೇಷ್ಯಬನ್ಧುಷು। ಸಾಧುಷ್ವಪಿ ಚ ಪಾಪೇಷು ಸಮಬುದ್ಧಿರ್ವಿಶಿಷ್ಯತೇ

suhṛin-mitrāryudāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣhya-bandhuṣhu sādhuṣhvapi cha pāpeṣhu sama-buddhir viśhiṣhyate

📖 Meaning

He who is of the same mind towards the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the relatives, the righteous, and the unrighteous, excels.

ಯೋಗೀ ಯುಞ್ಜೀತ ಸತತಮಾತ್ಮಾನಂ ರಹಸಿ ಸ್ಥಿತಃ। ಏಕಾಕೀ ಯತಚಿತ್ತಾತ್ಮಾ ನಿರಾಶೀರಪರಿಗ್ರಹಃ

yogī yuñjīta satatam ātmānaṁ rahasi sthitaḥ ekākī yata-chittātmā nirāśhīr aparigrahaḥ

📖 Meaning

Let the yogi constantly strive to keep the mind steady, remaining in solitude, alone, with the body and mind controlled, and free from hope and greed.

ಶುಚೌ ದೇಶೇ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾಪ್ಯ ಸ್ಥಿರಮಾಸನಮಾತ್ಮನಃ। ನಾತ್ಯುಚ್ಛ್ರಿತಂ ನಾತಿನೀಚಂ ಚೈಲಾಜಿನಕುಶೋತ್ತರಮ್

śhuchau deśhe pratiṣhṭhāpya sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ nātyuchchhritaṁ nāti-nīchaṁ chailājina-kuśhottaram

📖 Meaning

In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made of cloth, skin, and kusha grass layered one over the other.

ತತ್ರೈಕಾಗ್ರಂ ಮನಃ ಕೃತ್ವಾ ಯತಚಿತ್ತೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಕ್ರಿಯಃ। ಉಪವಿಶ್ಯಾಸನೇ ಯುಞ್ಜ್ಯಾದ್ಯೋಗಮಾತ್ಮವಿಶುದ್ಧಯೇ

tatraikāgraṁ manaḥ kṛitvā yata-chittendriya-kriyaḥ upaviśhyāsane yuñjyād yogam ātma-viśhuddhaye

📖 Meaning

There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and senses controlled, let him, seated on the seat, practice Yoga for the purification of the self.

ಸಮಂ ಕಾಯಶಿರೋಗ್ರೀವಂ ಧಾರಯನ್ನಚಲಂ ಸ್ಥಿರಃ। ಸಂಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷ್ಯ ನಾಸಿಕಾಗ್ರಂ ಸ್ವಂ ದಿಶಶ್ಚಾನವಲೋಕಯನ್

samaṁ kāya-śhiro-grīvaṁ dhārayann achalaṁ sthiraḥ samprekṣhya nāsikāgraṁ svaṁ diśhaśh chānavalokayan

📖 Meaning

Let him firmly hold his body, head, and neck erect and still, gazing at the tip of his nose without looking around.

ಪ್ರಶಾನ್ತಾತ್ಮಾ ವಿಗತಭೀರ್ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿವ್ರತೇ ಸ್ಥಿತಃ। ಮನಃ ಸಂಯಮ್ಯ ಮಚ್ಚಿತ್ತೋ ಯುಕ್ತ ಆಸೀತ ಮತ್ಪರಃ

praśhāntātmā vigata-bhīr brahmachāri-vrate sthitaḥ manaḥ sanyamya mach-chitto yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ

📖 Meaning

Serene-minded, fearless, firm in the vow of a Brahmachari, having controlled their mind, thinking of Me and balanced in mind, let them sit, having Me as their supreme goal.

ಯುಞ್ಜನ್ನೇವಂ ಸದಾಽಽತ್ಮಾನಂ ಯೋಗೀ ನಿಯತಮಾನಸಃ। ಶಾನ್ತಿಂ ನಿರ್ವಾಣಪರಮಾಂ ಮತ್ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಮಧಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ

yuñjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī niyata-mānasaḥ śhantiṁ nirvāṇa-paramāṁ mat-sansthām adhigachchhati

📖 Meaning

Thus, always keeping the mind balanced, the yogi, with the mind controlled, attains the peace abiding in Me, culminating in liberation.

ನಾತ್ಯಶ್ನತಸ್ತು ಯೋಗೋಽಸ್ತಿ ನ ಚೈಕಾನ್ತಮನಶ್ನತಃ। ನ ಚಾತಿಸ್ವಪ್ನಶೀಲಸ್ಯ ಜಾಗ್ರತೋ ನೈವ ಚಾರ್ಜುನ

nātyaśhnatastu yogo ’sti na chaikāntam anaśhnataḥ na chāti-svapna-śhīlasya jāgrato naiva chārjuna

📖 Meaning

Verily, Yoga is not possible for him who eats too much, nor for him who does not eat at all, nor for him who sleeps too much, nor for him who is always awake, O Arjuna.

ಯುಕ್ತಾಹಾರವಿಹಾರಸ್ಯ ಯುಕ್ತಚೇಷ್ಟಸ್ಯ ಕರ್ಮಸು। ಯುಕ್ತಸ್ವಪ್ನಾವಬೋಧಸ್ಯ ಯೋಗೋ ಭವತಿ ದುಃಖಹಾ

yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-cheṣhṭasya karmasu yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā

📖 Meaning

Yoga becomes the destroyer of pain for him who is moderate in eating and recreation (such as walking, etc.), who exercises moderation in action, and who is moderate in sleep and wakefulness.

ಯದಾ ವಿನಿಯತಂ ಚಿತ್ತಮಾತ್ಮನ್ಯೇವಾವತಿಷ್ಠತೇ। ನಿಃಸ್ಪೃಹಃ ಸರ್ವಕಾಮೇಭ್ಯೋ ಯುಕ್ತ ಇತ್ಯುಚ್ಯತೇ ತದಾ

yadā viniyataṁ chittam ātmanyevāvatiṣhṭhate niḥspṛihaḥ sarva-kāmebhyo yukta ityuchyate tadā

📖 Meaning

When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self alone, free from longing for any of the objects of desire, then it is said, 'He is united'.

ಯಥಾ ದೀಪೋ ನಿವಾತಸ್ಥೋ ನೇಙ್ಗತೇ ಸೋಪಮಾ ಸ್ಮೃತಾ। ಯೋಗಿನೋ ಯತಚಿತ್ತಸ್ಯ ಯುಞ್ಜತೋ ಯೋಗಮಾತ್ಮನಃ

yathā dīpo nivāta-stho neṅgate sopamā smṛitā yogino yata-chittasya yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ

📖 Meaning

As a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker, so is the Yogi of a controlled mind, who practices Yoga in the Self, compared.

ಯತ್ರೋಪರಮತೇ ಚಿತ್ತಂ ನಿರುದ್ಧಂ ಯೋಗಸೇವಯಾ। ಯತ್ರ ಚೈವಾತ್ಮನಾಽಽತ್ಮಾನಂ ಪಶ್ಯನ್ನಾತ್ಮನಿ ತುಷ್ಯತಿ

yatroparamate chittaṁ niruddhaṁ yoga-sevayā yatra chaivātmanātmānaṁ paśhyann ātmani tuṣhyati

📖 Meaning

When the mind, restrained by the practice of yoga, attains quietude, and when one sees the Self by the Self, they are satisfied in their own Self.

ಸುಖಮಾತ್ಯನ್ತಿಕಂ ಯತ್ತದ್ಬುದ್ಧಿಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯಮತೀನ್ದ್ರಿಯಮ್। ವೇತ್ತಿ ಯತ್ರ ನ ಚೈವಾಯಂ ಸ್ಥಿತಶ್ಚಲತಿ ತತ್ತ್ವತಃ

sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad buddhi-grāhyam atīndriyam vetti yatra na chaivāyaṁ sthitaśh chalati tattvataḥ

📖 Meaning

When he (the Yogi) feels that infinite bliss which can be grasped by the pure intellect and which transcends the senses, and is established therein, never moving away from the reality.

ಯಂ ಲಬ್ಧ್ವಾ ಚಾಪರಂ ಲಾಭಂ ಮನ್ಯತೇ ನಾಧಿಕಂ ತತಃ। ಯಸ್ಮಿನ್ಸ್ಥಿತೋ ನ ದುಃಖೇನ ಗುರುಣಾಪಿ ವಿಚಾಲ್ಯತೇ

yaṁ labdhvā chāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vichālyate

📖 Meaning

Having obtained it, he thinks there is no other gain superior to it; established in it, he is not moved even by heavy sorrow.

ತಂ ವಿದ್ಯಾದ್ ದುಃಖಸಂಯೋಗವಿಯೋಗಂ ಯೋಗಸಂಜ್ಞಿತಮ್। ಸ ನಿಶ್ಚಯೇನ ಯೋಕ್ತವ್ಯೋ ಯೋಗೋಽನಿರ್ವಿಣ್ಣಚೇತಸಾ

taṁ vidyād duḥkha-sanyoga-viyogaṁ yogasaṅjñitam sa niśhchayena yoktavyo yogo ’nirviṇṇa-chetasā

📖 Meaning

Let this be known by the name of Yoga, the severance from union with pain. This Yoga should be practiced with determination and with an undespairing mind.

ಸಙ್ಕಲ್ಪಪ್ರಭವಾನ್ಕಾಮಾಂಸ್ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಸರ್ವಾನಶೇಷತಃ। ಮನಸೈವೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಗ್ರಾಮಂ ವಿನಿಯಮ್ಯ ಸಮನ್ತತಃ

saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāns tyaktvā sarvān aśheṣhataḥ manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ

📖 Meaning

Abandoning unreservedly all desires born of Sankalpa (thought and imagination) and completely restraining the whole group of senses by the mind from all sides.

ಶನೈಃ ಶನೈರುಪರಮೇದ್ ಬುದ್ಧ್ಯಾ ಧೃತಿಗೃಹೀತಯಾ। ಆತ್ಮಸಂಸ್ಥಂ ಮನಃ ಕೃತ್ವಾ ನ ಕಿಞ್ಚಿದಪಿ ಚಿನ್ತಯೇತ್

śhanaiḥ śhanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛiti-gṛihītayā ātma-sansthaṁ manaḥ kṛitvā na kiñchid api chintayet

📖 Meaning

Little by little, let him attain steadiness of the intellect by holding it firmly; having made the mind establish itself in the Self, let him not think of anything else.

ಯತೋ ಯತೋ ನಿಶ್ಚರತಿ ಮನಶ್ಚಞ್ಚಲಮಸ್ಥಿರಮ್। ತತಸ್ತತೋ ನಿಯಮ್ಯೈತದಾತ್ಮನ್ಯೇವ ವಶಂ ನಯೇತ್

yato yato niśhcharati manaśh chañchalam asthiram tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmanyeva vaśhaṁ nayet

📖 Meaning

From whatever cause the restless and unsteady mind wanders away, let him restrain it from that and bring it under the control of the Self alone.

ಪ್ರಶಾನ್ತಮನಸಂ ಹ್ಯೇನಂ ಯೋಗಿನಂ ಸುಖಮುತ್ತಮಮ್। ಉಪೈತಿ ಶಾನ್ತರಜಸಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಭೂತಮಕಲ್ಮಷಮ್

praśhānta-manasaṁ hyenaṁ yoginaṁ sukham uttamam upaiti śhānta-rajasaṁ brahma-bhūtam akalmaṣham

📖 Meaning

Supreme Bliss indeed comes to this Yogi whose mind is made peaceful, whose passion is quelled, who has become Brahman, and who is free from sin.

ಯುಞ್ಜನ್ನೇವಂ ಸದಾಽಽತ್ಮಾನಂ ಯೋಗೀ ವಿಗತಕಲ್ಮಷಃ। ಸುಖೇನ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಸಂಸ್ಪರ್ಶಮತ್ಯನ್ತಂ ಸುಖಮಶ್ನುತೇ

yuñjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī vigata-kalmaṣhaḥ sukhena brahma-sansparśham atyantaṁ sukham aśhnute

📖 Meaning

The yogi, always engaging the mind thus (in the practice of yoga), is freed from sins and easily enjoys the infinite bliss of contact with Brahman (the Eternal).

ಸರ್ವಭೂತಸ್ಥಮಾತ್ಮಾನಂ ಸರ್ವಭೂತಾನಿ ಚಾತ್ಮನಿ। ಈಕ್ಷತೇ ಯೋಗಯುಕ್ತಾತ್ಮಾ ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ಸಮದರ್ಶನಃ

sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṁ sarva-bhūtāni chātmani īkṣhate yoga-yuktātmā sarvatra sama-darśhanaḥ

📖 Meaning

With the mind harmonized by Yoga, he sees the Self abiding in all beings and all beings in the Self; he sees the same everywhere.

ಯೋ ಮಾಂ ಪಶ್ಯತಿ ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ಸರ್ವಂ ಚ ಮಯಿ ಪಶ್ಯತಿ। ತಸ್ಯಾಹಂ ನ ಪ್ರಣಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ಸ ಚ ಮೇ ನ ಪ್ರಣಶ್ಯತಿ

yo māṁ paśhyati sarvatra sarvaṁ cha mayi paśhyati tasyāhaṁ na praṇaśhyāmi sa cha me na praṇaśhyati

📖 Meaning

He who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, never becomes separated from Me, nor do I from him.

ಸರ್ವಭೂತಸ್ಥಿತಂ ಯೋ ಮಾಂ ಭಜತ್ಯೇಕತ್ವಮಾಸ್ಥಿತಃ। ಸರ್ವಥಾ ವರ್ತಮಾನೋಽಪಿ ಸ ಯೋಗೀ ಮಯಿ ವರ್ತತೇ

sarva-bhūta-sthitaṁ yo māṁ bhajatyekatvam āsthitaḥ sarvathā vartamāno ’pi sa yogī mayi vartate

📖 Meaning

He who, being established in unity, worships Me, who dwells in all beings, that yogi abides in Me, whatever their mode of living may be.

ಆತ್ಮೌಪಮ್ಯೇನ ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ಸಮಂ ಪಶ್ಯತಿ ಯೋಽರ್ಜುನ। ಸುಖಂ ವಾ ಯದಿ ವಾ ದುಃಖಂ ಸಃ ಯೋಗೀ ಪರಮೋ ಮತಃ

ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśhyati yo ’rjuna sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ

📖 Meaning

He who, through the likeness of the Self, O Arjuna, sees reality everywhere, be it pleasure or pain, is regarded as the highest Yogi.

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ಯೋಽಯಂ ಯೋಗಸ್ತ್ವಯಾ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತಃ ಸಾಮ್ಯೇನ ಮಧುಸೂದನ। ಏತಸ್ಯಾಹಂ ನ ಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ಚಞ್ಚಲತ್ವಾತ್ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಂ ಸ್ಥಿರಾಮ್

arjuna uvācha yo ’yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana etasyāhaṁ na paśhyāmi chañchalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, "O Krishna, I do not see how this Yoga of equanimity, which you have taught me, can be maintained steadily, due to the restlessness of the mind."

ಚಞ್ಚಲಂ ಹಿ ಮನಃ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪ್ರಮಾಥಿ ಬಲವದ್ದೃಢಮ್। ತಸ್ಯಾಹಂ ನಿಗ್ರಹಂ ಮನ್ಯೇ ವಾಯೋರಿವ ಸುದುಷ್ಕರಮ್

chañchalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛiṣhṇa pramāthi balavad dṛiḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva su-duṣhkaram

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The mind is indeed restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding, O Krishna; I consider it as difficult to control as controlling the wind.

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಅಸಂಶಯಂ ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ ಮನೋ ದುರ್ನಿಗ್ರಹಂ ಚಲಂ। ಅಭ್ಯಾಸೇನ ತು ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ವೈರಾಗ್ಯೇಣ ಚ ಗೃಹ್ಯತೇ

śhrī bhagavān uvācha asanśhayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ chalam abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa cha gṛihyate

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The Blessed Lord said, "Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficult to control and restless; but with practice and dispassion, it can be restrained."

ಅಸಂಯತಾತ್ಮನಾ ಯೋಗೋ ದುಷ್ಪ್ರಾಪ ಇತಿ ಮೇ ಮತಿಃ। ವಶ್ಯಾತ್ಮನಾ ತು ಯತತಾ ಶಕ್ಯೋಽವಾಪ್ತುಮುಪಾಯತಃ

asaṅyatātmanā yogo duṣhprāpa iti me matiḥ vaśhyātmanā tu yatatā śhakyo ’vāptum upāyataḥ

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I think Yoga is hard to be attained by one with an uncontrolled self, but the self-controlled and striving one can attain it by the appropriate means.

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ಅಯತಿಃ ಶ್ರದ್ಧಯೋಪೇತೋ ಯೋಗಾಚ್ಚಲಿತಮಾನಸಃ। ಅಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ಯೋಗಸಂಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ಕಾಂ ಗತಿಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಗಚ್ಛತಿ

arjuna uvācha ayatiḥ śhraddhayopeto yogāch chalita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-sansiddhiṁ kāṅ gatiṁ kṛiṣhṇa gachchhati

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Arjuna said, "He who is unable to control himself, even though he has faith, and whose mind wanders away from Yoga, what end does he meet, having failed to attain perfection in Yoga, O Krishna?"

ಕಚ್ಚಿನ್ನೋಭಯವಿಭ್ರಷ್ಟಶ್ಛಿನ್ನಾಭ್ರಮಿವ ನಶ್ಯತಿ। ಅಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠೋ ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ ವಿಮೂಢೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣಃ ಪಥಿ

kachchin nobhaya-vibhraṣhṭaśh chhinnābhram iva naśhyati apratiṣhṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi

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Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed one, deluded on the path of Brahman?

ಏತನ್ಮೇ ಸಂಶಯಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಛೇತ್ತುಮರ್ಹಸ್ಯಶೇಷತಃ। ತ್ವದನ್ಯಃ ಸಂಶಯಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಯ ಛೇತ್ತಾ ನ ಹ್ಯುಪಪದ್ಯತೇ

etan me sanśhayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa chhettum arhasyaśheṣhataḥ tvad-anyaḥ sanśhayasyāsya chhettā na hyupapadyate

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O Krishna, please completely dispel this doubt of mine, for it is not possible for anyone but You to do so.

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಪಾರ್ಥ ನೈವೇಹ ನಾಮುತ್ರ ವಿನಾಶಸ್ತಸ್ಯ ವಿದ್ಯತೇ। ನಹಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಕೃತ್ಕಶ್ಿಚದ್ದುರ್ಗತಿಂ ತಾತ ಗಚ್ಛತಿ

śhrī bhagavān uvācha pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśhas tasya vidyate na hi kalyāṇa-kṛit kaśhchid durgatiṁ tāta gachchhati

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The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, neither in this world nor in the next will there be destruction for him; none, indeed, who does good, O my son, ever comes to grief."

ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ಪುಣ್ಯಕೃತಾಂ ಲೋಕಾನುಷಿತ್ವಾ ಶಾಶ್ವತೀಃ ಸಮಾಃ। ಶುಚೀನಾಂ ಶ್ರೀಮತಾಂ ಗೇಹೇ ಯೋಗಭ್ರಷ್ಟೋಽಭಿಜಾಯತೇ

prāpya puṇya-kṛitāṁ lokān uṣhitvā śhāśhvatīḥ samāḥ śhuchīnāṁ śhrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣhṭo’bhijāyate

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Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and having dwelt there for everlasting years, he who fell from Yoga is born in a house of the pure and wealthy.

ಅಥವಾ ಯೋಗಿನಾಮೇವ ಕುಲೇ ಭವತಿ ಧೀಮತಾಮ್। ಏತದ್ಧಿ ದುರ್ಲಭತರಂ ಲೋಕೇ ಜನ್ಮ ಯದೀದೃಶಮ್

atha vā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām etad dhi durlabhataraṁ loke janma yad īdṛiśham

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Or he is born in a family of even the wisest of yogis; verily, such a birth is very difficult to obtain in this world.

ತತ್ರ ತಂ ಬುದ್ಧಿಸಂಯೋಗಂ ಲಭತೇ ಪೌರ್ವದೇಹಿಕಮ್। ಯತತೇ ಚ ತತೋ ಭೂಯಃ ಸಂಸಿದ್ಧೌ ಕುರುನನ್ದನ

tatra taṁ buddhi-sanyogaṁ labhate paurva-dehikam yatate cha tato bhūyaḥ sansiddhau kuru-nandana

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Then he comes into contact with the knowledge acquired in his former body and strives even more for perfection, O Arjuna.

ಪೂರ್ವಾಭ್ಯಾಸೇನ ತೇನೈವ ಹ್ರಿಯತೇ ಹ್ಯವಶೋಽಪಿ ಸಃ। ಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸುರಪಿ ಯೋಗಸ್ಯ ಶಬ್ದಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾತಿವರ್ತತೇ

pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hyavaśho ’pi saḥ jijñāsur api yogasya śhabda-brahmātivartate

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By that same former practice, he is borne on in spite of himself. Even he who merely wishes to know Yoga goes beyond the Brahmanic word.

ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಾದ್ಯತಮಾನಸ್ತು ಯೋಗೀ ಸಂಶುದ್ಧಕಿಲ್ಬಿಷಃ। ಅನೇಕಜನ್ಮಸಂಸಿದ್ಧಸ್ತತೋ ಯಾತಿ ಪರಾಂ ಗತಿಮ್

prayatnād yatamānas tu yogī sanśhuddha-kilbiṣhaḥ aneka-janma-sansiddhas tato yāti parāṁ gatim

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But the Yogi who strives assiduously, purified of sins and perfected gradually over many births, reaches the highest goal.

ತಪಸ್ವಿಭ್ಯೋಽಧಿಕೋ ಯೋಗೀ ಜ್ಞಾನಿಭ್ಯೋಽಪಿ ಮತೋಽಧಿಕಃ। ಕರ್ಮಿಭ್ಯಶ್ಚಾಧಿಕೋ ಯೋಗೀ ತಸ್ಮಾದ್ಯೋಗೀ ಭವಾರ್ಜುನ

tapasvibhyo ’dhiko yogī jñānibhyo ’pi mato ’dhikaḥ karmibhyaśh chādhiko yogī tasmād yogī bhavārjuna

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The yogi is thought to be superior to the ascetics, even superior to those who have knowledge obtained through the study of scriptures; he is also superior to men of action; therefore, be thou a yogi, O Arjuna.

ಯೋಗಿನಾಮಪಿ ಸರ್ವೇಷಾಂ ಮದ್ಗತೇನಾನ್ತರಾತ್ಮನಾ। ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಾನ್ಭಜತೇ ಯೋ ಮಾಂ ಸ ಮೇ ಯುಕ್ತತಮೋ ಮತಃ

yoginām api sarveṣhāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā śhraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ

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And among all the Yogis, he who, full of faith and with his inner self merged in Me, worships Me is deemed by Me to be the most devoted.