Bhagavad Gita
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Bhagavad Gita · 6.20-22
Devanāgarī

यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया ।
यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ॥
सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद्बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् ।
वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः ॥
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः ।
यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

yatroparamate cittaṁ niruddhaṁ yoga-sevayā |
yatra caivātmanātmānaṁ paśyann ātmani tuṣyati ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यत्र उपरमतेyatra uparamate[that state] in which one ceases [his material activity].
चित्तम्cittamconsciousness, the mind.
निरुद्धम्niruddhamfully restrained, subdued.
योगसेवयाyoga-sevayāby the practice (sevā) of yoga.
यत्र च एवyatra ca evaand in which also.
आत्मनाātmanāby the purified mind (or soul).
आत्मानम्ātmānamthe soul (ātman).
पश्यन्paśyanseeing, beholding.
आत्मनिātmaniin one’s own soul.
तुष्यतिtuṣyatihe finds satisfaction.
सुखम् आत्यन्तिकम्sukham ātyantikamthe highest (ātyantika) happiness (sukha).
यत् तत्yat tatwhich.
बुद्धिग्राह्यम्buddhi-grāhyamgraspable (grāhya) by the intelligence (buddhi).
अतीन्द्रियम्atīndriyamtranscendent to the [material] senses.
वेत्ति यत्रvetti yatra[that state] in which he realizes.
न च एव अयम्na ca eva ayamand truly not this.
स्थितःsthitaḥestablished [in it].
चलतिcalatihe departs.
तत्त्वतःtattvataḥfrom the truth.
यम् लब्ध्वाyam labdhvāhaving obtained which.
च अपरम् लाभम्ca aparam lābhamanother gain.
मन्यतेmanyatehe considers.
न अधिकम् ततःna adhikam tataḥgreater than this.
यस्मिन् स्थितःyasmin sthitaḥestablished in which.
न दुःखेनna duḥkhenaby distress, by suffering.
गुरुणा अपिguruṇā apieven the greatest.
विचाल्यतेvicālyatehe is disturbed, he can be shaken.
Translation

“In that state attained by the practice of yoga, when the consciousness is completely withdrawn from material activity, one, by his purified intelligence, sees his true Self [the soul] and finds full satisfaction in it. (20) In that joyful state he experiences boundless divine happiness, which is grasped by the sober intelligence but transcendent to the material senses. Established in it, he never again departs from the truth. (21) Having obtained it, he understands that there is no greater gain. And established in it, he remains unshaken even in the face of the greatest calamities. (22)”

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