6.26 यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्
yato yato niścarati manaś
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niśhcharati—wanders;manaḥ—the mind;chañchalam—restless;asthiram—unsteady;tataḥ tataḥ—from there;niyamya—having restrained;etat—this;ātmani—on God;eva—certainly;vaśham—control;nayet—should bring
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By whatever things the shaky and unsteady mind strays, let him restrain it from those things and bring it back under the control of the Self alone.
When the volatile and wavering mind would wander, let him restrain it and bring it again to its allegiance to the Self.
Wherever the fickle and unsteady mind wanders, he should subdue it then and there bring it back under the control of the self alone.
(The yogi) should bring (this mind) under the subjugation of the Self Itself, by restraining it from all those causes whatever due to which the restless, unsteady mind wanders away.
From whatever cause the restless, unsteady mind wanders away, from that let him restrain it and bring it under the control of the Self alone.
6.28 युञ्जन्नेवं सदाऽऽत्मानं योगी विगतकल्मषः। सुखेन ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्नुते
yuñjann
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yuñjan—uniting (the self with God);evam—thus;sadā—always;ātmānam—the self;yogī—a yogi;vigata—freed from;kalmaṣhaḥ—sins;sukhena—easily;brahma-sansparśham—constantly in touch with the Supreme;atyantam—the highest;sukham—bliss;aśhnute—attains
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Thus, yoking the self always, the man of Yoga, with a subdued mind, easily attains complete union, that is, the Brahman.
Thus, free from sin, abiding always in the Eternal, the saint enjoys without effort the Bliss which flows from realisation of the Infinite.
Thus devoting himself to the Yoga of the self, freed from impurities, the Yogin easily attains the supreme bliss of contact with the Brahman.
By concentrating his mind constantly thus, the taintless yogi easily attains the absolute Bliss of contact with Brahman.
The Yogi, always engaging the mind thus (in the practice of Yoga), freed from sins, easily enjoys the infinite bliss of contact with Brahman (the Eternal).
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.27 प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम्। उपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम्
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praśhānta—peaceful;manasam—mind;hi—certainly;enam—this;yoginam—yogi;sukham uttamam—the highest bliss;upaiti—attains;śhānta-rajasam—whose passions are subdued;brahma-bhūtam—endowed with God-realization;akalmaṣham—without sin
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Indeed, the Supreme Bliss comes to this highly tranquil-minded man of Yoga, whose passions remain stilled, who has become one with the Brahman, and who is free from sins.
Supreme Bliss is the lot of the sage, whose mind attains Peace, whose passions subside, who is without sin, and who becomes one with the Absolute.
For supreme happiness comes to the Yogin whose mind is at peace, who is free of evil, from whom the Rajas has departed, and who has become the Brahman.
Supreme Bliss comes to this yogi alone whose mind has become perfectly tranquil, whose (quality of) rajas has been eliminated, who has become identified with Brahman, and is taintless.
Supreme bliss verily comes to this Yogi whose mind is quite peaceful, whose passion is quieted, who has become Brahman, and who is free from sin.
