The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
Karma Yoga is Karma Sanyasa 1-9
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 8
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| Sita Swayamvaram |
Gyan vignana trupt atma kuthastah vijit indriyah I
Yuktah iti uchyate yogi sama loshtaashma kanchana II sloka 8
ज्ञान विज्ञान तृप्त आत्मा कूटस्थः विजित इन्द्रियः ।
युक्तः इति उच्यते योगी सम लोष्ट अश्म काञ्चनः ।। श्लोक ८
That yogi is steadfast who is satisfied with knowledge and wisdom, who remains unshaken, who has conquered the senses, to whom a clod, a stone and a piece of gold are the same.
The clarity of understanding obtained through the intellectual pursuit and pious study of scriptures goes by the nomenclature, jnana or knowledge; but this is not sufficient in itself. It has to culminate in vignana - intuition which is mentioned here as wisdom. The truth cogitated upon becomes cognised and the yogi delights both in the process and attainment. While everything else in nature shifts and changes, akasa or space alone remains ever itself. Similarly the self is the substratum behind the fleeting universe. It is therefore termed as kutastha. The senses get quelled subsequent to the mind being controlled. The achievement of the yogi is that he is the conqueror of the senses. Mud pie and toys are of immense value to children; but adults look on these things with indifference. While the worldly minded ones grade the values of a clod, stone and a piece of gold, the yogi beholds them all as modifications of the transient nature. He views all things of the world with an equal eye, his mind being established in Brahman.
Worldly people are they who seek after the impermanent things of the earth. Godly people are they who seek God and nothing else.
Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Inert things are all viewed with an equal eyeby the yogi; But how does he view people of varying status? The clarification comes in the next sloka
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