Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 363

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 6 The Yog of Meditation यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते। सर्वसंकल्पसन्न्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते॥4॥ [ “A man is said to have achieved yog when he is unattached to both sensual pleasure and action.” ] This is the stage when a man is not given to sensual pleasure, nor to action. When the culmination of yog is once reached, who is there beyond to strive and look for? So there is no longer any need of even the prescribed task of worship and, therefore, of attachment to action. This is the point when attachments are completely broken. This is renunciation(sanyas); and this is also achievement of yog. While a worshipper is still on his way and has not yet arrived at this point, there is nothing like renunciation. Krishn then speaks about the profit that accrues from the attainment of yog: