BG 6.22
Having gained it, one realizes that there is nothing greater to gain. Once established in it, no calamity can disturb them.
यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते
-
yaṁ — which
-
labdhvā — having gained
-
chāparaṁ — and any other
-
lābhaṁ — gain
-
manyate — considers
-
nādhikaṁ — not greater
-
tataḥ — than that
-
yasmin — in which
-
sthito — situated
sthitaḥ—being situated -
na — never
-
duḥkhena — by sorrow
-
guruṇāpi — the greatest
-
vichālyate — is shaken
Meditation is not for one who eats too much, or does not eat at all. It is not for those who sleep too much, or stay awake too long. For those who regulate their food and recreation, who are temperate in their sleep and wakefulness, Yoga is the destroyer of unhappiness. When the mind is subdued and remains centered in the self, one attains freedom from cravings and desire. The yogi who has disciplined the mind and meditates diligently on the self is like a lamp in a windless place that does not flicker. When the mind, restrained through practice, becomes still, and when one finds satisfication in the inner self, when one knows that infinite happiness can be grasped by the intellect but is beyond the reach of the senses, one never strays from reality again. Having gained it, one realizes that there is nothing greater to gain. Once established in it, no calamity can disturb them.
Similar verses
-
...when one knows that infinite happiness can be grasped by the intellect but is beyond the reach of the senses, one never strays from reality again.
- Verse 6.21
-
In that serenity, all sorrows are destroyed, and wisdom becomes firmly established.
- Verse 2.65
-
Such is the realization of Brahma. By attaining this, one attains freedom from delusion in life and liberation from reincarnation in death.
- Verse 2.72
-
When one can control their mind and perceive the world with senses that are free from craving and aversion, they achieve divine serenity.
- Verse 2.64
-
Free from vanity, delusion, and attachment, with a mind that dwells constantly in the self, renounced of desire and liberated from the duality of pleasure and pain, one attains that eternal abode.
- Verse 15.5