Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 206

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-6 Dhyāna Yogaḥ

aṃ vidyād duḥkha saṃyoga viyogaṃ yoga saṃjñitam | sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo ‘nirviṇṇa cetasā || 23 || 23. know this [state] of deliverance from association with suffering to be Yoga. This Yoga must be practiced with determination and with a mind free from despondency. Commentary Yoga is here defined as ‘freedom from all involvement with suffering’ and is achieved through the practice of the discipline of meditation. Through the practice of meditation the mind becomes completely subdued and rejoices by being in a state of unsurpassed bliss, one then directly perceives 'the Self (ātman)' by 'the mind (ātman)', one becomes delighted by the ātman and indifferent to all other objects. Having once achieved that state, one does not digress there from, because of the overwhelming bliss that is being experienced. Yoga [the highest meditative state] has been achieved when one is not emotionally moved even by 'the heaviest sorrow' caused by a bereavement like the death of a virtuous son — this Yoga must be practiced with dedication and a mind free from despondency, through the conviction even at the initial stage, that this practice is in itself enjoyable.