6.22 यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः। यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते
yaṃ labdhvā c
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yam—which;labdhvā—having gained;cha—and;aparam—any other;lābham—gain;manyate—considers;na—not;adhikam—greater;tataḥ—than that;yasmin—in which;sthitaḥ—being situated;na—never;duḥkhena—by sorrow;guruṇā—(by) the greatest;api—even;vichālyate—is shaken
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And having attained it, he does not think of any other gain as superior to that; being established in it, he is not shaken much by misery, however powerful it may be.
Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him.
Which, having gained, one holds there is no greater gain beyond it; wherein established, one is not moved even by the heaviest sorrow -
Obtaining which one does not think of any other acquisition to be superior to that, and being established in which one is not perturbed even by great sorrow;
Which, having obtained, he thinks there is no other gain superior to it; wherein established, he is not moved even by heavy sorrow,–
6.24 सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः। मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः
saṅkalpa
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saṅkalpa—a resolve;prabhavān—born of;kāmān—desires;tyaktvā—having abandoned;sarvān—all;aśheṣhataḥ—completely;manasā—through the mind;eva—certainly;indriya-grāmam—the group of senses;viniyamya—restraining;samantataḥ—from all sides
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In order to renounce completely all desires that are born of intention, let a person restrain the group of sense-organs from all sides by mind alone.
Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;
Renouncing entirely all desires born of volition and restraining the mind from all the senses on all sides;
By totally eschewing all desires which arise from thoughts, and restraining with the mind itself all the organs from every side;
Abandoning without reserve all the desires born of Sankalpa, and completely restraining the whole group of senses by the mind from all sides,
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.23 तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम्। स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा
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tam—that;vidyāt—you should know;duḥkha-sanyoga-viyogam—state of severance from union with misery;yoga-saṁjñitam—is known as yog;saḥ—that;niśhchayena—resolutely;yoktavyaḥ—should be practiced;yogaḥ—yog;anirviṇṇa-chetasā—with an undeviating mind
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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That he would realize to be the cause for his cessation of contact with misery and to be the one made known by Yoga. With determination, that is to be yoked in Yoga by a person of undepressed mind (or of the depressed mind).
This inner severance from the affliction of misery is spirituality. It should be practised with determination and with a heart which refuses to be depressed.
Know this deliverance from association with misery to be Yoga. This Yoga must be practised with determination and with a mind free from despondency.
One should know that severance of contact with sorrow to be what is called Yoga. That Yoga has to be practised with perseverance and with an undepressed heart.
Let that be known by the name of Yoga, the severance from union with pain. This Yoga should be practised with determination and with an undesponding mind.
