Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch.6] Text 6 -7 Sankya-Yoga

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch.6] Text 6 -7 Sankya-Yoga

 

 

Sankya-Yoga

TEXT 6

 

bandhur atmatmanas tasya

yenatmaivatmana jitah

anatmanas tu satrutve

vartetatmaiva satruvat

 

bandhur —friend; atma—mind; atmanah—of the living entity; tasya—of

him; yena—by whom; atma—mind; eva—certainly; atmana—by the living

entity: jitah—conquered; anatmanah—of one who has failed to control

the mind: tu—but; satruvat—because of enmity; varteta—remains; atma

eva— the very mind; satruvat—as an enemy.

 

TRANSLATION

 

For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends;

but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the

greatest enemy.

 

PURPORT

 

The purpose of practicing eightfold yoga is to control the mind in

order to make it a friend in discharging the human mission. Unless

the mind is controlled, the practice of yoga (for show) is simply a

waste of time. One who cannot control his mind lives always with the

greatest enemy, and thus his life and its mission are spoiled. The

constitutional position of the living entity is to carry out the

order of the superior. As long as one s mind remains an unconquered

enemy, one has to serve the dictations of lust, anger, avarice,

illusion, etc. But when the mind is conquered, one voluntarily agrees

to abide by the dictation of the Personality of Godhead, who is

situated within the heart of everyone as Paramatma.. Real yoga

practice entails meeting the Paramatma within the heart and then

following His dictation. For one who takes to Krsna consciousness

directly, perfect surrender to the dictation of the Lord follows

automatically.

 

TEXT 7

 

 

jitatmanah prasan tasya

paramatma samahitah

sitosna-sukha-duhkhesu

tatha manapamanayoh

 

jita-atmanah—of one who has conquered his mind; prasantasya— of one

who has attained tranquility by such control over the mind; paramatma—

the Supersoul; samah hita— approached completely; sita— cold; usna—

heat; sukha—in happiness; duhkhesu—in distress; tatha—also; mana

—honor; apamanayoh—in dishonor.

 

TRANSLATION

 

For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached,

for he has attained tranquility. To such a man happiness and

distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same.

 

PURPORT

 

Actually, every living entity is intended to abide by the dictation

of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seated in everyone's

heart as Paramatma. When the mind is misled by the external illusory

energy, one becomes entangled in material activities. Therefore, as

soon as one's mind is controlled through one of the, yoga systems,

one is to be considered as having already reached the destination.

One has to abide by superior dicta-lion. When one's mind is fixed on

the superior nature, he has no other alternative but to follow the

dictation of the Supreme. The mind must admit some superior dictation

and follow it. The effect of controlling the mind is that one

automatically follows the dictation of the Paramatma or Supersoul.

Because this transcendental position is at once achieved by one who

is in Krsna consciousness, the devotee of the Lord is unaffected by

the dualities of material existence, namely distress and happiness,

cold and heat, etc. This state is practical samadhi, or absorption in

the Supreme.

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All Translation are Done by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.