Chapter 6
Dhyana Yoga
The Yoga of Meditation
- Verse 6.1He who, regardless of the fruit of actions, performs the actions which ought to be performed, is the devotee and…
- Verse 6.2Know, O son of Pându! that what is called renunciation is devotion; for nobody becomes a devotee who has not renounced…
- Verse 6.3To the sage who wishes to rise to devotion, action is said to be a means, and to him, when he has risen to devotion,…
- Verse 6.4When one does not attach oneself to objects of sense, nor to action, renouncing all fancies, then is one said to have…
- Verse 6.5(A man) should elevate his self by his self; he should not debase his self, for even (a man's) own self is his friend,…
- Verse 6.6To him who has subjugated his self by his self, his self is a friend; but to him who has not restrained his self, his…
- Verse 6.7The self of one who has subjugated his self and is tranquil, is absolutely concentrated (on itself), in the midst of…
- Verse 6.8The devotee whose self is contented with knowledge and experience, who is unmoved, who has restrained his senses, and…
- Verse 6.9And he is esteemed highest, who thinks alike about well-wishers, friends, and enemies, and those who are indifferent,…
- Verse 6.10A devotee should constantly devote his self to abstraction, remaining in a secret place, alone, with his mind and self…
- Verse 6.11Fixing his seat firmly in a clean place, not too high nor too low, and covered over with a sheet of cloth, a deerskin,…
- Verse 6.12and there seated on (that) seat, fixing his mind exclusively on one point, with the workings of the mind and senses…
- Verse 6.13Holding his body, head, and neck even and unmoved, (remaining) steady, looking at the tip of his own nose, and not…
- Verse 6.14with a tranquil self, devoid of fear, and adhering to the rules of Brahmakârins, he should restrain his mind, and…
- Verse 6.15Thus constantly devoting his self to abstraction, a devotee whose mind is restrained, attains that tranquillity which…
- Verse 6.16Devotion is not his, O Arguna! who eats too much, nor his who eats not at all; not his who is addicted to too much…
- Verse 6.17That devotion which destroys (all) misery is his, who takes due food and exercise, who toils duly in all works, and…
- Verse 6.18When (a man's) mind well restrained becomes steady upon the self alone, then he being indifferent to all objects of…
- Verse 6.19As a light standing in a windless (place) flickers not, that is declared to be the parallel for a devotee, whose mind…
- Verse 6.20That (mental condition), in which the mind restrained by practice of abstraction, ceases to work; in which too, one…
- Verse 6.21in which one experiences that infinite happiness which transcends the senses, and which can be grasped by the…
- Verse 6.22acquiring which, one thinks no other acquisition higher than it; and adhering to which, one is not shaken off even by…
- Verse 6.23that should be understood to be called devotion in which there is a severance of all connexion with pain. That…
- Verse 6.24Abandoning, without exception, all desires which are produced from fancies, and restraining the whole group of the…
- Verse 6.25one should by slow steps become quiescent, with a firm resolve coupled with courage; and fixing his mind upon the…
- Verse 6.26Wherever the active and unsteady mind breaks forth, there one should ever restrain it, and fix it steadily on the self…
- Verse 6.27The highest happiness comes to such a devotee, whose mind is fully tranquil, in whom the quality of passion has been…
- Verse 6.28Thus constantly devoting his self to abstraction, a devotee, freed from sin, easily obtains that supreme…
- Verse 6.29He who has devoted his self to abstraction, by devotion, looking alike on everything, sees the self abiding in all…
- Verse 6.30To him who sees me in everything, and everything in me, I am never lost, and he is not lost to me.
- Verse 6.31The devotee who worships me abiding in all beings, holding that all is one, lives in me, however he may be living.
- Verse 6.32That devotee, O Arguna! is deemed to be the best, who looks alike on pleasure or pain, whatever it may be, in all…
- Verse 6.33I cannot see, O destroyer of Madhu! (how) the sustained existence (is to be secured) of this devotion by means of…
- Verse 6.34I cannot see, O destroyer of Madhu! (how) the sustained existence (is to be secured) of this devotion by means of…
- Verse 6.35Doubtless, O you of mighty arms! the mind is difficult to restrain, and fickle. Still, O son of Kuntî! it may be…
- Verse 6.36It is my belief, that devotion is hard to obtain for one who does not restrain his self. But by one who is…
- Verse 6.37What is the end of him, O Krishna! who does not attain the consummation of his devotion, being not assiduous, and…
- Verse 6.38Does he, fallen from both (paths), go to ruin like a broken cloud, being, O you of mighty arms! without support, and…
- Verse 6.39Be pleased, O Krishna! to entirely destroy this doubt of mine, for none else than you can destroy this doubt.
- Verse 6.40O son of Prithâ! neither in this world nor the next, is ruin for him; for, O dear friend! none who performs good…
- Verse 6.41He who is fallen from devotion attains the worlds of those who perform meritorious acts, dwells (there) for many a…
- Verse 6.42Or he is even born into a family of talented devotees; for such a birth as that in this world is more difficult to…
- Verse 6.43There he comes into contact with the knowledge which belonged to him in his former body, and then again, O descendant…
- Verse 6.44For even though reluctant, he is led away by the self-same former practice, and although he only wishes to learn…
- Verse 6.45But the devotee working with great efforts, and cleared of his sins, attains perfection after many births, and then…
- Verse 6.46The devotee is esteemed higher than the performers of penances, higher even than the men of knowledge, and the devotee…
- Verse 6.47And even among all devotees, he who, being full of faith, worships me, with his inmost self intent on me, is esteemed…