Sunday, June 12, 2011

Ramanuja's Gita Bhashyam - Chapter 2 - sloka 50


The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of  Ramanuja's  Gita Bhashya, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
Translations of other slokas of the Gita are available on my blog  http://haricharanam.blogspot.com

The Key to Yoga - 45-53

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 50

Buddhi yuktah jahati iha ubhe sukruta dusukrute I
Tasmat yogaya yujyasva yogah karmasu koushalam II sloka 50
बुद्धि युक्तः जहाति इह उभे सुकृत दुष्कृते ।
तस्मात योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलं ।। श्लोक ५० 

A man with evenness of mind discards here and now good and evil.  Therefore endeavour for Yoga. Yoga is skill in action.

He who is established in evenness of mind in the performance of actions, relinquishes good and evil karmas which have accumulated from time immemorial causing bondage endlessly. Therefore acquire this evenness of mind (Buddhi Yoga). Yoga is skill in action.   That is, this evenness of mind when one is engaged  in action, is possible through great skill ie. ability. 

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