Chapter 6, Verse 12
तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः। उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये।।6.12।।
tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ। upaviśyāsane yuñjyādyogamātmaviśuddhaye।।6.12।।
Word by word
- tatra
- there (in that place)
- ekāgraṃ
- one-pointed, concentrated
- manaḥ
- the mind
- kṛtvā
- having made
- yata-citta-indriya-kriyaḥ
- one whose activities of mind and senses are restrained/controlled
- upaviśya
- having sat down
- āsane
- on the seat
- yuñjyāt
- should practice/engage in
- yogam
- yoga (meditative discipline)
- ātma-viśuddhaye
- for the purification of the self
Commentary
12. Making the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated there on the seat, practise Yoga for the purification of the self.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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