6.17 युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु। युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा
yukt
Word meanings
yukta—moderate;āhāra—eating;vihārasya—recreation;yukta cheṣhṭasya karmasu—balanced in work;yukta—regulated;svapna-avabodhasya—sleep and wakefulness;yogaḥ—Yog;bhavati—becomes;duḥkha-hā—the slayer of sorrows
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Yoga becomes a misery-killer for him whose effort for food is appropriate, exertion in activities is proper, and whose sleep and waking are proportionate.
But for him who regulates his food and recreation, who is balanced in action, in sleep and in waking, it shall dispel all unhappiness.
Yoga becomes the destroyer of sorrows to him who is temperate in food and recreation, who is temperate in actions, who is temperate in sleep and wakefulness.
Yoga becomes a destroyer of sorrow of one whose eating and movements are regulated, whose effort in works is moderate, and whose sleep and wakefulness are temperate.
Yoga becomes the destroyer of pain for him who is always moderate in eating and recreation (such as walking, etc.), who is moderate in exertion in actions, who is moderate in sleep and wakefulness.
6.19 यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता। योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः
yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā | yogino yata
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yathā—as;dīpaḥ—a lamp;nivāta-sthaḥ—in a windless place;na—does not;iṅgate—flickers;sā—this;upamā—analogy;smṛitā—is considered;yoginaḥ—of a yogi;yata-chittasya—whose mind is disciplined;yuñjataḥ—steadily practicing;yogam—in meditation;ātmanaḥ—on the Supreme
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Just as a lamp in a windless place does not shake, this simile is recalled in the case of the man of Yoga, with a subdued mind, practicing Yoga in the Self.
The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which does not flicker, since it stands sheltered from every wind.
'A lamp does not flicker in a windless place' - that is the simile employed for the subdued mind of a Yogin who practises Yoga.
As a lamp kept in a windless place does not flicker, such is the simile thought of for the yogi whose mind is under control, and who is engaged in concentration on the Self.
As a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker–to such is compared the Yogi of controlled mind, practising Yoga in the Self (or absorbed in the Yoga of the Self).
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.18 यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते। निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा
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Word meanings
yadā—when;viniyatam—fully controlled;chittam—the mind;ātmani—of the self;eva—certainly;avatiṣhṭhate—stays;nispṛihaḥ—free from cravings;sarva—all;kāmebhyaḥ—for yearning of the senses;yuktaḥ—situated in perfect Yog;iti—thus;uchyate—is said;tadā—then
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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When his mind, well-controlled, is established in nothing but the Self, and he is free from craving for any desired object—at that time he is called a master of Yoga.
When the mind, completely controlled, is centered in the Self, and free from all earthly desires, then is the man truly spiritual.
When the subdued mind rests on the self alone, then, free of all yearning for objects of desire, one is said to be fit for Yoga.
A man who has become free from hankering for all desirable objects is then said to be Self-absorbed when the controlled mind rests in the Self alone.
When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self only, free from longing for the objects of desire, then it is said: “He is united.”
