Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 36

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

The Restive Mind has to be Resisted 33-36
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 36

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Asamyatatmana yogah dual tush prapah iti me matih I

Vashyatmana tu yatata shakyah avaptum upayatah II sloka 36

असंयंत आत्मना योगः दुष् प्रापः इति मे मतिः ।

वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्यः अवाप्तुं उपायतः ।। श्लोक ३६

Yoga is hard to attain, I concede, by a man who cannot control himself; but it can be attained by him who has controlled himself and who strives by right means.

The man of self control is he who either thinks wholesome thoughts or does not allow mentation of any kind taking place in himself. He strives by right means who applies himself steadily to practise and non-attachment.

"In those days when I took to spiritual practises I would first cleanse the mind of all earthly thoughts, make it as pure as purity itself and then involve the presence of the Lord in it . May you also do the same