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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -6
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36. Yoga is hard to be attained by one of uncontrolled self; such is my conviction. But, by him who strives, self-controlled, it can be achieved by (proper) means. Yoga is hard to be attained, is secured with great difficulty, by one of uncontrolled self, by him whose internal organ (antahkarana) is not controlled through 'practice' and 'renunciation' ; such is my conviction. But, on the other hand, by him who strives again and again, self-controlled, with the mind (ātmā) brought under control through 'practice' and 'renunciation', it, Yoga, can be achieved by the proper means aforesaid[1]. On (i.e. at the stage of) taking to the practice of Yoga, works which lead to (enjoyment of) this world and the next have been given up, even though the result of perfection in Yoga, namely, Plenary Knowledge, the means to moksa, has not been attained[2]; and so circumstanced, with his mind drawn away from the path of Yoga at the time of death (while he is yet in this intermediate state itself), the yogin may be ruined. Thus doubting, Arjuna said: |
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