6. Meditation

Dhyān Yog

BG 6.4

When one renounces attachment to sense objects and to actions, they have abandoned all desires and attained the heights of Yoga.

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते
सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते

  • yadā — when

  • hi — certainly

  • nendriyārtheṣhu — not for sense objects

    • na — not

    • indriya-artheṣhu — for sense-objects

  • na — not

  • karmasv-anuṣhajjate — attachment to actions

    • karmasv — to actions

    • anuṣhajjate — is attachment

  • sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī — renouncer of all desire for the fruit of actions

    • sarva — all

    • saṅkalpa — desire for fruit of actions

    • sannyāsī — renouncer, one who renounces

  • yogārūḍhas — elevated in Yoga practice
    yoga-ārūḍhaḥ

  • tadochyate — is said at that time

    • tadā — at that time

    • 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.

[1]

Yoga is what they call renunciation. One cannot become spiritually enlightened without renouncing all desire.

[2]

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.

[3]

When one renounces attachment to sense objects and to actions, they have abandoned all desires and attained the heights of Yoga.

[4]

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Chapter 6, Verse 4