Chapter 6, Verse 44
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः। जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hyavaśo'pi saḥ. jijñāsurapi yogasya śabdabrahmātivartate.16.44.1
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- पूर्वाभ्यासेन (pūrva-abhyāsena)
- by the practice of former (lives/births)
- तेनैव (tena eva)
- by that very (practice)
- ह्रियते (hriyate)
- is drawn / is carried along
- हि (hi)
- indeed, certainly
- अवशः (avaśaḥ)
- even without (his own) will, helplessly
- अपि (api)
- even, although
- सः (saḥ)
- he (the yogī who fell from the path)
- जिज्ञासुः (jijñāsuḥ)
- one desirous of knowing, an inquirer
- अपि (api)
- even, merely
- योगस्य (yogasya)
- of yoga (the discipline of union)
- शब्दब्रह्म (śabda-brahma)
- the Brahman revealed through words, i.e., the ritualistic/Vedic scriptures
- अतिवर्तते (ativartate)
- goes beyond, transcends
Commentary
44. By that very former practice is he borne on, though unwilling. Even he who merely wishes to know of Yoga rises superior to the Word- Brahman,
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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पूर्वाभ्यासेन (pūrva-abhyāsena)
तेनैव (tena eva)
ह्रियते (hriyate)
हि (hi)
अवशः (avaśaḥ)
अपि (api)
सः (saḥ)
जिज्ञासुः (jijñāsuḥ)
अपि (api)
योगस्य (yogasya)
शब्दब्रह्म (śabda-brahma)
अतिवर्तते (ativartate)
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