Monday, April 16, 2012

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 7


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 7
Antaryami in every Atma in every living being
Jita atmanah prashantasya  paramatma samahitah I
Shita ushna sukha dukheshu tatha mana apamanayoh II sloka 7
जित आत्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः ।
शीत उष्ण सुख दुखेषु तथा मान अपमानयोः ।। श्लोक ७
The self disciplined and serene man's supreme self is constant in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, as also in honour and dishonour
The good and evil that befall the yogi through the agency of the elements in nature and the living beings, do not in any manner affect him. The external world is not viewed by this man of self mastery as benign or malignant. Clarity of mind is his who is established in self control. His mind reveals the supreme self enshrined in it. To the yogi this holy revelation is superior to everything else. Once contacted, this holy cognition becomes constant. Fluctuations in nature such as heat and cold, praise and censure do not affect him any more than the ravings of the delirious patient affect the operating surgeon. Indifferent to everything else, the yogi is in constant communion with the supreme self. This is the sreyas  sought after by the wise. 
The mind that delights in its communion with God detaches itself easily from sense pleasure. This is how the devotees get themselves emancipated. Contrary to this, the mind that  delights in the mundane gets entangled.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa




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