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yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasv anuṣajjate sarva-sańkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadocyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.4 A person is said to be elevated in yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts...

uddhared ātmanātmānaḿ nātmānam avasādayet ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.5 One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of...

bandhur ātmātmanas tasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ anātmanas tu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatru-vat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.6 For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do...

jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.7 For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained...

jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptātmā kūṭa-stho vijitendriyaḥ yukta ity ucyate yogī sama-loṣṭrāśma-kāñcanaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.8 A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogi [or mystic] when he...

suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīna- madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu sama-buddhir viśiṣyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.9 A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers,...

yogī yuñjīta satatam ātmānaḿ rahasi sthitaḥ ekākī yata-cittātmā nirāśīr aparigrahaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.10 A transcendentalist should always engage his body, mind and self in relationship with the Supreme; he...

śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ nāty-ucchritaḿ nāti-nīcaḿ cailājina-kuśottaram tatraikāgraḿ manaḥ kṛtvā yata-cittendriya-kriyaḥ upaviśyāsane yuñjyād yogam ātma-viśuddhaye Translation of Bhagavad Gita...

samaḿ kāya-śiro-grīvaḿ dhārayann acalaḿ sthiraḥ samprekṣya nāsikāgraḿ svaḿ diśaś cānavalokayan praśāntātmā vigata-bhīr brahmacāri-vrate sthitaḥ manaḥ saḿyamya mac-citto yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ Translation of Bhagavad...

yuñjann evaḿ sadātmānaḿ yogī niyata-mānasaḥ śāntiḿ nirvāṇa-paramāḿ mat-saḿsthām adhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.15 Thus practicing constant control of the body, mind and activities, the mystic...