BHAGAVAD-GITA 6:7

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 6:7

 

jitatmanah prasantasya

paramatma samahitah

sitosna-sukha-duhkhesu

tatha manapamanayoh

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

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

attained tranquillity by such control over the mind; parama-atma--the

Supersoul; samahitah--approached completely; sita--in cold;

usna--heat; sukha--happiness; duhkhesu--and distress; tatha--also;

mana--in honor; apamanayoh--and dishonor.

 

TRANSLATION

 

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

for he has attained tranquillity. 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

should be considered to have already reached the destination. One has

to abide by superior dictation. When one's mind is fixed on the

superior nature, he has no 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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