6.10 योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः। एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः
yogī yuñjīta satatam
Word meanings
yogī—a yogi;yuñjīta—should remain engaged in meditation;satatam—constantly;ātmānam—self;rahasi—in seclusion;sthitaḥ—remaining;ekākī—alone;yata-chitta-ātmā—with a controlled mind and body;nirāśhīḥ—free from desires;aparigrahaḥ—free from desires for possessions for enjoyment
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Let the man of Yoga always yoke the self (mind) by remaining alone in a lonely place, controlling his mind and body, without desire and without a sense of possession.
Let the student of spirituality try unceasingly to concentrate his mind; Let him live in seclusion, absolutely alone, with mind and personality controlled, free from desire and without possessions.
The Yogin should constantly fix his mind on Yoga, remaining in a solitary place all alone, controlling his thought and mind, free from desire and sense of possession.
A yogi should constantly concentrate his mind by staying in a solitary place, alone, with mind and body controlled, free from expectations, (and) free from acquisition.
Let the Yogi try constantly to keep the mind steady, remaining in solitude, alone, with the mind and the body controlled, and free from hope and greed.
6.12 तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः। उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये
tatra
Word meanings
tatra—there;eka-agram—one-pointed;manaḥ—mind;kṛitvā—having made;yata-chitta—controlling the mind;indriya—senses;kriyaḥ—activities;upaviśhya—being seated;āsane—on the seat;yuñjyāt yogam—should strive to practice yog;ātma viśhuddhaye—for purification of the mind
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Sitting there on the seat and making the mind single-pointed, let him, with the activities of his mind and senses subdued, practice Yoga for self-purification.
Seated thus, his mind concentrated, its functions controlled and his senses governed, let him practise meditation for the purification of his lower nature.
There, sitting on the seat, with the mind concentrated and holding the mind and senses in check, he should practise Yoga for the purification of the self.
(and) sitting on that seat, he should concentrate his mind for the purification of the internal organ, making the mind one-pointed and keeping the actions of the mind and senses under control.
There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated on the seat, practise Yoga for the purification of the self.
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.11 शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः। नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्
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Word meanings
śhuchau—in a clean;deśhe—place;pratiṣhṭhāpya—having established;sthiram—steadfast;āsanam—seat;ātmanaḥ—his own;na—not;ati—too;uchchhritam—high;na—not;ati—too;nīcham—low;chaila—cloth;ajina—a deerskin;kuśha—kuśh grass;uttaram—one over the other
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Setting up in a clean place his own suitable, firm seat predominantly made of cloth, skin, and kusa-grass, neither too high nor too low for him;
Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth.
Having established for himself, in a clean spot, a firm seat, which is neither too hight nor too low, and covering it with cloth, deer-skin and Kusa grass in the reverse order -
Having firmly established in a clean place his seat, neither too high nor too low, and made of cloth, skin and kusa-grass, placed successively one below the other;
In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made of a cloth, a skin and kusha grass, one over the other,
