Verses Of Gita Chapter 6

Shri Bhagavan uvacha

anashritaha karma phalam karyam karma karoti yaha sa sanyasi cha yogi cha na niragnir na chakriyaha 6.1

Shri bhagavan uvacha: the Lord said; anashritaha: without shelter; karma: action; phalam: fruit; karyam: obligated; karma: work; karoti: performs; yaha: who; sa: he; sanyasi: ascetic; cha: and; yogi: one engaged in yoga; cha: and; na: not; nih: without; agnih: fire; na: not; cha: and; akriyaha: without work

6. 1 Bhagavan says:

One who performs actions without being attached to its outcome is an ascetic. He is a religious performer of purification of mind.

One who has stopped performing any actions, one who doesn't accept the sacred fire and doesn't perform his rituals is neither an ascetic nor a karma yogi, a sage immersed in action.

yam sanyasam iti prahur yogam tam viddhi pandava na hy asannyasta sankalpo yogi bhavati kashchana 6.2

yam: what; sanyasam: renunciation; iti: thus; prahuh: they say; yogam: linking with the Supreme; tam: that; viddhi: you should know; pandava: O son of Pandu; na: never; hi: certainly; asannyasta: without renouncing; sankalpah: self interest; yogi: one engaged in yoga; bhavati: becomes; kashchana: anyone

6. 2 O Pandava, renunciation leads to the state of yoga where one is linking oneself with the Supreme. This union with the Divine can happen only when you renounce self interest.

arurukshor muner yogam karma karanam uchyate yoga arudhasya tasyaiva shamaha karanam uchyate 6.3

aruruksoh: of one who has just begun yoga; muneh: of the sage; yogam: yoga system; karma: work; karanam: cause; uchyate: is said to be; yoga: yoga; arudhasya: of one who has attained; tasya: his; eva: certainly; shamaha: cessation of all activities; karanam: cause; uchyate: is said to be

7. 3 A person who initially wants to start practicing the yoga system laid down by the sages should carry out

all activities in line with that system. Activities for all other reasons will cease.

yada hi nendriya artheshu na karmasv anushajjate sarva sankalpa sanyasi yoga arudhas tadochyate 6.4

yada: when; hi: certainly; na: not; indriya artheshu: in sense gratification; na: never; karmasu: in fruitive activities; anushajjate: does necessarily engage; sarva sankalpa: all material desires; sanyasi: renouncer; yoga arudhah: elevated in yoga; tada: at that time; uchyate: is said to be

8. 4 Any one is said to have attained the state of yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in result focused activities.

uddhared atmanatmanam natmanam avasadayet atmaiva hy atmano bandhur atmaiva ripur atmanaha 6.5

uddharet: one must deliver; atmana: by the mind; atmanam: the conditioned soul; na: never; atmanam: the conditioned soul; avasadayet: put into degradation; atma: mind; eva: certainly; hi: surely; atmanah: of the conditioned

soul; bandhuh: friend; atma: mind; eva: certainly; ripuh: enemy; atmanaha: of the conditioned soul

9. 5 You are your own friend; you are your own enemy. Evolve yourself through the Self and do not degrade yourself.

bandhur atma atmanas tasya yenatmaiva atmana jitaha anatmanas tu shatrutve varteta atmaiva shatruvat 6.6

bandhuh: friend; atma: the Self; atmanah: of the living entity; tasya: of him; yena: by whom; atma: the Self; eva: certainly; atmana: by the living entity; jitaha: conquered; anatmanah: of one who has failed to control the Self; tu: but; shatrutve: because of enmity; varteta: remains; atma eva: the very mind; shatruvat: as an enemy

10. 6 For him who has conquered the self, the Self is the best of friends;

For one who has failed to do so, his self will remain the greatest enemy.

jitatmanaha prashantasya paramatma samahitaha shitoshna sukkha dukkheshu tatha mana apmanayoha 6.7

jitatmanaha: of one who has conquered his self; prashantasya: who has attained tranquility; paramatma: Supreme; samahitaha: approached completely; shita: in cold; ushna: heat; sukkha: happiness; dukkheshu: and distress; tatha: also; mana: in honor; apmanayoha: dishonor

11. 7 For one who has conquered the self, who has attained tranquility, the Supreme is already reached. Such a person remains in this state in happiness or distress, heat or cold, honor or dishonor.

jnana vijnana trupta atma kutastho vijitendriyaha yukta ityuchyate yogi sama loshta ashma kanchana 6.8

jnana: acquired knowledge; vijnana: realized knowledge; trupta: contented; atma: self; kuta sthah: established in Selfrealization; vijita indriyaha: one who has subdued his senses; yukta: competent for self-realization; iti: thus; uchyate: is said; yogi: one established in yoga; sama: equipoised; loshta: lump of earth; ashma: stone; kanchana: gold

12. 8 A person whose mind is contented because of spiritual knowledge, who has subdued his senses and to whom stone and gold are same and who is satisfied with what he is having, is said to be established in Self-Realization and is called an enlightened being.

suhrn mitra aryudasina madhyastha dveshya bandhushu sadhushv api cha papeshu sama buddhir vishishyate 6.9

suhrt: to well-wishers by nature; mitra: affectionate benefactors; ari: enemies; udasina: neutral; madhyastha: mediators; dveshya: envious; bandhushu: friends; sadhushu: pious; avi: also ; cha: and; papeshu: sinners; sama: equal buddhih: with equal mind; vishishyate: is further advanced

13. 9 A person is considered truly advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind.

yogi yunjita satatam atmanam rahasi sthitaha ekaki yata chitta atma nirashir aparigrahaha 6.10

yogi: yogi; yunjita: concentrate; satatam: always; atmanam: himself; rahasi: in a secluded place; sthitaha: situated; ekaki: alone; yata chitta atma: careful in mind; nirashih: without being attracted by anything else; aparigrahaha: free from the feeling of possessiveness

14. 10 A yogi should always try to concentrate his mind on the Supreme Self; situated in a secluded place, he should carefully control his mind without being

attracted by anything and should be free from the feeling of possessiveness.

shuchau deshe pratishthapya sthiram asanam atmanaha nati ucchritam nati neecham chailajina kushottaram 6.11

shuchau: in a clean state; deshe: land; pratishthapya: placing; sthiram: stable; asanam: seat; atmanaha: own; na: not; iti: thus; ucchritam: high; na: not; neecham: low; chailajina: of soft cloth and deerskin; kusha: kusha grass; uttaram: covering

15. 11 On a clean and pure place, one should establish his seat by laying kusha grass, a deer skin and a cloth, one over another, neither too high nor too low.

tatrai ekagram manaha krutoa yat chittendriya kriyaha upavishya asane yunjyad yogam atma vishuddhaye 6.12

tatra: then; ekagram: with one focus; manaha: mind; krutva: making; yat: by chitta: mind; indriya: senses; kriyaha: activities; upavishya: sitting; asane: on the seat; yunjyat: should execute; yogam: yoga; atma: oneself; vishuddhaye: to purify

16. 12 Sitting firmly on that pure seat, the yogi should practice the purification of the self by controlling the activities of mind and the senses.

samam kaya shiro grivam dharayan achalam sthiraha samprekshya nasika agram svam dishashcha anavalokayan 6.13

samam: straight; kaya: body; shirah: head; grivam: neck; dharayan: holding; achalam: steady; sthiraha: still; samprekshya: looking; nasika: nose; agram: at the tip; svam: own; disha: directions; cha: and; anavalokayan: not looking