6.3 आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते। योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते
ārurukṣor
Word meanings
ārurukṣhoḥ—a beginner;muneḥ—of a sage;yogam—Yog;karma—working without attachment;kāraṇam—the cause;uchyate—is said;yoga ārūḍhasya—of those who are elevated in Yog;tasya—their;eva—certainly;śhamaḥ—meditation;kāraṇam—the cause;uchyate—is said
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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For a sage, who is desirous of mounting upon the Yoga, action is said to be the cause; for the same sage, when he has mounted upon the Yoga, stillness is said to be the cause.
For the sage who seeks the heights of spiritual meditation, practice is the only method, and when he has attained them, he must maintain himself there by continual self-control.
Action is said to be the means for the sage who seeks to climb the heights of Yoga; but when he has climbed the heights of Yoga, tranquillity is said to be the means.
For the sage who wishes to ascend to (Dhyana-) yoga, action is said to be the means. For that person, when he has ascended to (Dhyana-)yoga, inaction alone is said to be the means.
For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage who has attained to Yoga, inaction (quiescence) is said to be the means.
6.5 उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः
uddhared
Word meanings
uddharet—elevate;ātmanā—through the mind;ātmānam—the self;na—not;ātmānam—the self;avasādayet—degrade;ātmā—the mind;eva—certainly;hi—indeed;ātmanaḥ—of the self;bandhuḥ—friend;ātmā—the mind;eva—certainly;ripuḥ—enemy;ātmanaḥ—of the self
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Let a person lift themselves by themselves and let them not depress themselves. For, the self alone is the friend of the self and the self alone is the foe of the self.
Let him seek liberation by the help of his Highest Self, and let him never disgrace his own Self. For that Self is his only friend; yet it may also be his enemy.
One should raise the self by his own mind and not allow the self to sink; for the mind alone is the friend of the self, and the mind alone is the foe of the self.
One should save oneself by oneself; one should not lower oneself. For oneself is verily one's own friend; oneself is verily one's own enemy.
Let a man lift himself by his own Self alone; let him not lower himself, for this self alone is the friend of oneself and this self alone is the enemy of oneself.
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.4 यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते। सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते
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Word meanings
yadā—when;hi—certainly;na—not;indriya-artheṣhu—for sense-objects;na—not;karmasu—to actions;anuṣhajjate—is attachment;sarva-saṅkalpa—all desires for the fruits of actions;sanyāsī—renouncer;yoga-ārūḍhaḥ—elevated in the science of Yog;tadā—at that time;uchyate—is said
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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When a person indulges neither in what is desired by the senses nor in the actions for it, then, being a man who has renounced all intentions, he is said to have mounted on the path of Yoga.
When a man renounces even the thought of initiating action, when he is not interested in sense objects or any results which may flow from his acts, then in truth he understands spirituality.
For, when one loses attachment for the things of the senses and to actions, then has the abandoned all desires and is said to have climbed the heights of Yoga.
Verily, [Verily: This word emphasizes the fact that, since attachment to sense objects like sound etc. and to actions is an obstacle in the path of Yoga, therefore the removal of that obstruction is the means to its attainment.] when a man who has given up thought about everything does not get attached to sense-objects or actions, he is then said to be established in Yoga.
When a man is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, then he is said to have attained to Yoga.
