Bhagavad Gita -Sivananda 156

Bhagavad Gita -Swami Sivananda

Chapter-6 : THE YOGA OF MEDITATION

Summary of Sixth Discourse

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Tam vidyaad duhkhasamyogaviyogam yogasamjnitam;
Sa nishchayena yoktavyo yogo’nirvinna chetasaa.

23. Let that be known by the name of Yoga, the severance from union with pain. This Yoga
should be practised with determination and with an undesponding mind.

Sankalpaprabhavaan kaamaan styaktwaa sarvaan asheshatah;
Manasaivendriyagraamam viniyamya samantatah.

24. Abandoning without reserve all the desires born of Sankalpa, and completely restraining
the whole group of senses by the mind from all sides,

COMMENTARY

The mind is so diplomatic that it keeps certain desires for its secret
gratification. So one should completely abandon all desires without reservation.

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