Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 195

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-6 Dhyāna Yogaḥ

The suitable state for commencing the Yoga of meditation is now taught: — jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ | śītoṣṇa sukha-duḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ || 7 || 7. Of the self-controlled and serene, the Over-Self is perfectly balanced in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honour and dishonour, Commentary The Self is said to be perfectly balanced in one who is free from the agitation caused by the pairs of opposites and who is completely calm; in other words 'the Over-Self' becomes exceedingly well focused so as to be prepared for meditation. Here the individual Self (Pratyag-ātman) is called 'the Over-Self' (Param-ātman), — this interpretation is justified by the context. The individual Self can also be called 'great', because it is at a higher state relative to previous successive stages. Or the sentence may construed as follows: — atma param samāhitah. — The Self is exceedingly well balanced.