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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -6
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3. For the muni who wishes to attain to Yoga, workis said to be the means; for the same person, when he has attained to Yoga, inaction (śama) is said to be the means. For the muni, i.e. the person who has given up the fruit of action, who wishes to attain to Yoga, (but) who has not risen up (to it), that is to say, who is quite unable to remain in Dhyāna-yoga, work (karma) is said to be the means to the desired, end[1]. And on the other hand, for the same person, when he has attained to Yoga, inaction (śama), quietude, abstention from all actions, is said to be the means by which establishment in Yoga has been attained. To the extent he abstains from action, to that extent he. free from worry and with his senses subdued, gets composure of mind. Accordingly, he quickly becomes a "yogārQdha," one who has attained to Yoga. And, so has it been stated by Vyāsa : "For a Brāhmana there is no wealth like unto (the perception) ol one-ness, (and) even-ness, true-ness, character, steadiness, harmlessness, straightforwardness, and gradual withdrawal from all actions."[2]. And now, it is being stated when one does become a yogārūdha: |
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