BHAGAVAD-GITA 6:15

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 6:15

 

yunjann evam sadatmanam

yogi niyata-manasah

santim nirvana-paramam

mat-samstham adhigacchati

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

yunjan--practicing; evam--as mentioned above; sada--constantly;

atmanam--body, mind and soul; yogi--the mystic transcendentalist;

niyata-manasah--with a regulated mind; santim--peace;

nirvana-paramam--cessation of material existence; mat-samstham--the

spiritual sky (the kingdom of God); adhigacchati--does attain.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Thus practicing constant control of the body, mind and activities, the

mystic transcendentalist, his mind regulated, attains to the kingdom

of God

[or the abode of Krsna] by cessation of material existence.

 

PURPORT

 

The ultimate goal in practicing yoga is now clearly explained. Yoga

practice is not meant for attaining any kind of material facility; it

is to enable the cessation of all material existence. One who seeks an

improvement in health or aspires after material perfection is no yogi

according to Bhagavad-gita. Nor does cessation of material existence

entail one's entering into "the void," which is only a myth. There is

no void anywhere within the creation of the Lord. Rather, the

cessation of material existence enables one to enter into the

spiritual sky, the abode of the Lord. The abode of the Lord is also

clearly described in the Bhagavad-gita as that place where there is no

need of sun, moon or electricity. All the planets in the spiritual

kingdom are self-illuminated like the sun in the material sky. The

kingdom of God is everywhere, but the spiritual sky and the planets

thereof are called param dhama, or superior abodes.

 

A consummate yogi, who is perfect in understanding Lord Krsna, as is

clearly stated herein by the Lord Himself (mat-cittah, mat-parah,

mat-sthanam), can attain real peace and can ultimately reach His

supreme abode, Krsnaloka, known as Goloka Vrndavana. In the

Brahma-samhita (5.37) it is clearly stated, goloka eva nivasaty

akhilatma-bhutah: the Lord, although residing always in His abode

called Goloka, is the all-pervading Brahman and the localized

Paramatma as well by dint of His superior spiritual energies. No one

can reach the spiritual sky (Vaikuntha) or enter into the Lord's

eternal abode (Goloka Vrndavana) without the proper understanding of

Krsna and His plenary expansion Visnu. Therefore a person working in

Krsna consciousness is the perfect yogi, because his mind is always

absorbed in Krsna's activities (sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh). In

the Vedas also

(Svetasvatara Upanisad 3.8) we learn, tam eva viditvati mrtyum eti: "One can

overcome the path of birth and death only by understanding the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, Krsna." In other words, perfection of the yoga

system is the attainment of freedom from material existence and not

some magical jugglery or gymnastic feats to befool innocent people.

 

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with

permission.