Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 43

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

The Fate of the Imperfect Yogi 37-45

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 43

 Uddhava @ Krishna's feet

Tatra tam buddhi samyogam labhate paurva dehikam I

Yatate cha tato bhuyah samsiddhau kuru nandana II sloka 43

तत्र तं बुद्धि संयोगं लभते पौर्व देहिकम ।

यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरु नन्दन ।। श्लोक ४३

There he regains the knowledge acquired in his former body, and he strives more than before for perfection, O joy of the Kurus.

The prospective yogi born in the house of the pure and prosperous begins his new life with the enjoyment of some harmless pleasures which he innocently harboured in his heart iin his previous birth. Facilities for the fulfilment of those sinless desires are in abundance in the new setting. No sooner are the guiltless pleasures gone through, than this aspirant takes to the practice of yoga. But that yogi who is born in a family of wise yogis has a better start. The favourable environment draws out the latent yoga elements in him. He feels as though he were going through the old lessons again. His inborn tendency ministered by the helpful surroundings leads him on rapidly towards the ideal.