BG 6.3
Practice is the only means of reaching the heights of spiritual meditation. When the sage has climbed these heights of Yoga, they maintain themselves there through tranquility and inaction.
योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते
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ārurukṣhor — a beginner
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muner — of a sage
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yogaṁ — Yoga, righteous action
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karma — actions, working
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kāraṇam — the cause
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uchyate — is said
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yogārūḍhasya — those who are elevated in Yoga
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yoga — devoted action
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ārūḍhasya — elevated, proficient
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tasyaiva — certainly their
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tasya — their
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eva — certainly
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śhamaḥ — meditation
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kāraṇam — the cause
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uchyate — is said
Krishna said: One who acts out of duty, without depending on the fruit of their actions, is truly renounced and a knower of Yoga - not one who merely shuns all action. Yoga is what they call renunciation. One cannot become spiritually enlightened without renouncing all desire. Practice is the only means of reaching the heights of spiritual meditation. When the sage has climbed these heights of Yoga, they maintain themselves there through tranquility and inaction. When one renounces attachment to sense objects and to actions, they have abandoned all desires and attained the heights of Yoga.
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