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Bhagavad Gi:tha

yatho: yatho: nissarathi manas chanchalam prasa:ntha manasam = due to his tranquil
astthiram | state of mind attained by fixing it on the self;

thathas thatho: niyamyaithath a:thmanye:va Meaning
vasam naye:th || 6.26
That practitioner who has his mind fixed on
yathaha yathaha = from the self attains a tranquil state by which all his sins
wherever; get destroyed. By this, the quality of rajas in him
manaha = the mind; subsides, and he becomes established in pure sattva,
nihi + charathi = wanders; and shines in his true glory as the self. Indeed, in
chanchalam = due to its such a state, he experiences unsurpassed happiness.
flickering;
astthiram = and unsteady e:vam yunjan sada::thma:nam yo:gi: vigatha
nature; kalmashaha |
thathaha thathaha = from there; sukhe:na bramha samsparsam athyantham
e:thath = this mind; sukham asnuthe: || 6.28
niyamya = must be
turned away; e:vam = in this way;
vasam naye:th = and it must be yunjan = being engaged in the
brought to; practice of attaining the self ;
a:thmani + e:va = the self alone. a:thma:nam = in relation to the self ;
yo:gi: = the practitioner ;
Meaning vigatha = being one freed from

From wherever the mind wanders due to its kalmashaha = sin ;
flickering and unsteady nature, one must turn it sukhe:na = easily;
away and bring it back to the self alone. asnuthe: = enjoys;
bramha samsparsam = experience of the
prasa:ntha manasam hye:nam yo:ginam self; sada: = at all times;
sukham uththamam |
Meaning
upaithi sa:ntha rajasam brahma bhu:tham
akalmasham || 6.27 By pursuing the self in this way, the practitioner,
becoming freed from all sin, easily enjoys experience
hy = indeed; of the self at all times.
e:nam yo:ginam = this practioner;
upaithi = attains; Note: The developed state of yo:ga, described
uththamam = unsurpassed; above is achieved in four levels, and accordingly, the
sukham = happiness; practitioners are classified into four kinds: (i) they are
bramha bhu:tham = who is shining in his all of the nature of knowledge (ii) when freed from
true glory as the self; karma they have the highest state of equality with th
sa:ntha rajasam = due to subsiding of Lord (iii) in their essential nature, their knowledge
rajas in him; is unlimited like that of the Lord and such flow of
akalmasham = due to destruction of knowledge continues depite returning to performing
all sins; activities of this world and that (iv) they are all

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