6.13 समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः। संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्
samaṃ kāya
Word meanings
samam—straight;kāya—body;śhiraḥ—head;grīvam—neck;dhārayan—holding;achalam—unmoving;sthiraḥ—still;samprekṣhya—gazing;nāsika-agram—at the tip of the nose;svam—own;diśhaḥ—directions;cha—and;anavalokayan—not looking
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Holding the body, head, and neck erect and motionless; remaining firm; looking properly at one's own nose-tip; and not looking in different directions.
Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left.
Holding the trunk, head and neck erect, motionless and steady, gazing at the tip of the nose, and looking not in any direction;
Holding the body, head and neck erect and still, being steady, looking at the tip of his own nose-and not looking around;
Let him firmly hold his body, head and neck erect and perfectly still, gazing at the tip of his nose, without looking around.
6.15 युञ्जन्नेवं सदाऽऽत्मानं योगी नियतमानसः। शान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति
yuñjann
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yuñjan—keeping the mind absorbed in God;evam—thus;sadā—constantly;ātmānam—the mind;yogī—a yogi;niyata-mānasaḥ—one with a disciplined mind;śhāntim—peace;nirvāṇa—liberation from the material bondage;paramām—supreme;mat-sansthām—abides in me;adhigachchhati—attains
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Yoking his mind incessantly in this manner, My devotee, with their mind not attached to anything else, realizes peace which culminates in nirvana and ends in Me.
Thus keeping his mind always in communion with Me, and with his thoughts subdued, he shall attain that Peace which is mine and which will lead him to liberation at last.
Ever applying his mind in this way, the Yogin of controlled mind, attains the peace which is the summit of beatitude and which abides in Me.
Concentrating the mind thus for ever, the yogi of controlled mind achieves the Peace which culminates in Liberation and which abides in Me.
Thus, always keeping the mind balanced, the Yogi, with the mind controlled, attains to the peace abiding in Me, which culminates in liberation.
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.14 प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः। मनः संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्परः
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Word meanings
praśhānta—serene;ātmā—mind;vigata-bhīḥ—fearless;brahmachāri-vrate—in the vow of celibacy;sthitaḥ—situated;manaḥ—mind;sanyamya—having controlled;mat-chittaḥ—meditate on me (Shree Krishna);yuktaḥ—engaged;āsīta—should sit;mat-paraḥ—having me as the supreme goal
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Being calm-minded, fearless, and firmly devoted to celibacy; controlling the mind completely; let the master of Yoga remain, fixing his mind on Me and having Me as his supreme goal.
With peace in his heart and nor fear, observing the vow of celibacy, with mind controlled and fixed on Me, let the student lose himself in contemplation of Me.
Serene and fearless, firm in the vow of celibacy, holding the mind in check and fixing the thought on Me, he should sit in Yoga, intent on Me.
He should remain seated with a placid mind, free from fear, firm in the vow of a celibate, and with the mind fixed on Me by controlling it through concentration, having Me as the supreme Goal.
Serene-minded, fearless, firm in the vow of a Brahmachari, having controlled the mind, thinking of Me and balanced in mind, let him sit, having Me as his supreme goal.
