6.41 प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः। शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते
prāpya puṇya
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prāpya—attain;puṇya-kṛitām—of the virtuous;lokān—abodes;uṣhitvā—after dwelling;śhāśhvatīḥ—many;samāḥ—ages;śhuchīnām—of the pious;śhrī-matām—of the prosperous;gehe—in the house;yoga-bhraṣhṭaḥ—the unsuccessful yogis;abhijāyate—take birth
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Having attained the worlds of those who perform pious acts, and having resided there for years of eternity, the one who has fallen from Yoga is born again in the house of the pure and wealthy.
Having reached the worlds where the righteous dwell, and having remained there for many years, he who has slipped from the path of spirituality will be born again in the family of the pure, benevolent and prosperous.
He who has fallen away from Yoga is born again in the house of the pure and prosperous after having attained to the worlds of doers of good deeds and dwelt there for many long years.
Attaining the worlds of the righteous, and residing there for eternal years, the man fallen from Yoga is born in the house of the pious and the prosperous.
Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and, having dwelt there for everlasting years, he who fell from Yoga is reborn in the house of the pure and wealthy.
6.43 तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम्। यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन
tatra taṃ buddhi
Word meanings
tatra—there;tam—that;buddhi-sanyogam—reawaken their wisdom;labhate—obtains;paurva-dehikam—from the previous lives;yatate—strives;cha—and;tataḥ—thereafter;bhūyaḥ—again;sansiddhau—for perfection;kuru-nandana—Arjun, descendant of the Kurus
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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There, in that life, he regains the link of mentality transmitted from his former body. Consequently, once again he strives for full success, O rejoicer of the Kurus!
Then the experience acquired in his former life will revive, and with its help he will strive for perfection more eagerly than before.
There he regains the disposition of mind which he had in his former body, O Arjuna, and from there he strives much more for success in Yoga.
There he becomes endowed with that wisdom acquired in the previous body. and he strives more than before for perfection, O scion of the Kuru dynasty.
There he comes in touch with the knowledge acquired in his former body and strives more than before for perfection, O Arjuna!
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.42 अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्। एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्
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Word meanings
atha vā—else;yoginām—of those endowed with divine wisdom;eva—certainly;kule—in the family;bhavati—take birth;dhī-matām—of the wise;etat—this;hi—certainly;durlabha-taram—very rare;loke—in this world;janma—birth;yat—which;īdṛiśham—like this
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Or, he is born nowhere else but in the family of the intelligent men of Yoga; for, this birth is more difficult to obtain in the world.
Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain.
Or he is born in a family of wise Yogins. But such a birth in this world is rarer to get.
Or he is born in the family of wise yogis [Persons possessing knowledge of Brahman. (S. concedes that some rare householders also can have this knowledge, and he cites the instances of Vasistha, Agastya, Janaka and Asvapati of olden days, and Vacaspati and the author of Khanada of recent times.)] only. Such a birth as is of this kind is surely more difficult to get in the world.
Or he is born in a family of even the wise Yogis; verily a birth like this is very difficult to obtain in this world.
