Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 6
om tatsaditi Srimodbhagavadgitasapanisatsu brahmavidyayam Thus with the words Om, Tat, Sat the names of the Lord, in the Upanisad of the Bhagavadgita, the knowledge of Brahma, the Supreme, the science of self-control Yoga and the dialogue, between Sri Krsna and Arjuna, this is the sixth designated discourse. By self-control viz., control of the mind, the Yogi of Meditation attains Yoga (equanimity). So this chapter is designated 'Atmasamyamayoga' (Yoga of self-control or Yoga of the control of mind).
Oat of the forty-seven verses, of this chapter; in the first quarter of the first and twenty-sixth verses, 'bha-gang' being used there is 'bha-vipula' metre; in the first quarter of the tenth, fourteenth and twenty-fifth verses and in the third quarter of the fifteenth, twenty-seventh, thirty-sixth and forty-second verses, 'na-gang' being used there is 'na-vipula' metre; and in the third quarter of the eleventh verse, 'ra-gana being used, them is 'ra-vipula' metre. The remaining thirty-seven verses, are possessed of the characteristics of right 'pathyavaktra' Anustup metre. |