Monday, April 6, 2015

Bhagavad-Gita The Song Divine Chapter 6 (stanza 36-47)


Yoga is difficult of achievement by one whose mind is not subdued by him; however, who has the mind under control, and is ceaselessly striving, it can be easily attained through practice. Such is My conviction. …………… (36)
Arjun said: Krishna, what becomes of the aspirant who, though endowed with faith, has not been able to subdue his passions, and whose mind is therefore, diverted from Yoga at the time of death, and who thus fails to reach perfection in Yoga (God-realization)? ……… (37)
Krishna, swerved from the path leading to God-realization and without anything to stand upon, is he not lost like the scattered cloud, deprived of both God-realization and heavenly enjoyment? ………….. (38)
Krishna, only you are capable to remove this doubt of mine completely, for none other than you can dispel this doubt. ………….. (39)
Sri Bhagavan said: Arjun, there is no fall for him either here or hereafter. For, O My beloved, none who strives for self-redemption (i.e., God-realization) ever meets with evil destiny. (40)
Such a person, who has strayed from Yoga, obtains the higher worlds, (heaven etc,) to which men of meritorious deeds alone are entitled, and having resided there for innumerable years, takes birth of pious and prosperous parents. ……..  (41)Or, if he is possessed of dispassion, then not attaining to those regions he is born in the family of enlightened Yogis; but such a birth in this world is very difficult to obtain. ……… (42)
Arjun, he automatically regains in that birth the latencies of even-mindedness of his previous birth; and through that he strives harder than ever for perfection in the form of God-realization, …………… (43)
The other one who takes birth in a rich family, though under the sway of his senses, feels drawn towards God by force of the habit acquired in his previous birth; nay, even the seeker of Yoga (in the form of even-mindedness) transcends the fruit of actions performed with some interested motive as laid down in the Vedas. ……….. (44)
The Yogi, however, who diligently takes up the practice, attains perfection in this very life with the help of latencies of many births, and being thoroughly purged of sin, forthwith reaches the supreme state. …….. (45)
The yogi is superior to the ascetics; he is regarded superior even to those versed in sacred lore. The Yogi is also superior to those who perform action with some interested motive. Therefore, Arjun, do become a Yogi. …………… (46)
Of all Yogis, again, he who devoutly worships Me with his mind focused on Me is considered by Me to be the best Yogi.

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the Science of Brahma, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjun, ends the sixth chapter entitled "The Yoga of Self-Control"

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