Bhagavad Gita 6.41प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः।शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते ॥
prāpya puṇya-kṛitāṁ lokān uṣhitvā śhāśhvatīḥ
samāḥ śhuchīnāṁ śhrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣhṭo’bhijāyate
Sanskrit recitation
When the mind will not stay · 6.33–6.47 · Teaching
Translation
Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and having dwelt there for everlasting years, he who fell from Yoga is born in a house of the pure and wealthy.
Hindi translation
वह योगभ्रष्ट पुण्यकर्म करनेवालोंके लोकोंको प्राप्त होकर और वहाँ बहुत वर्षोंतक रहकर फिर यहाँ शुद्ध श्रीमानोंके घरमें जन्म लेता है।
Meaning
Yogabhrashta one who has fallen from Yoga, i.e., one who was not able to attain perfection in Yoga, or one who climbed a certain height on the ladder of Yoga but fell down on account of lack of dispassion or slackness in the practice (by becoming a victim to Maya or his turbulent senses).The righteous Those who tread the path of truth, who do virtuous actions such as charity, Yajna, rituals, worship of the Lord, and who act in accordance with the prescribed rules of the scriptures.Everlasting years means only a considerably long period but not absolutely everlasting.The pure those who lead a pure, moral life those who have a pure heart (free from jealousy, hatred, pride, greed, etc.). (Cf.IX.20,21)
After Swami Sivananda
When the mind will not stay· 6.33–6.47→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 6.33Arjuna said, "O Krishna, I do not see how this Yoga of equanimity, which you have taught…
- 6.34The mind is indeed restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding, O Krishna; I consider it…
- 6.35The Blessed Lord said, "Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficult to…
- 6.36I think Yoga is hard to be attained by one with an uncontrolled self, but the…
- 6.37Arjuna said, "He who is unable to control himself, even though he has faith, and whose…
- 6.38Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed one,…
- 6.39O Krishna, please completely dispel this doubt of mine, for it is not possible for anyone…
- 6.40The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, neither in this world nor in the next will there be…
6.41Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and having dwelt there for everlasting…
- 6.42Or he is born in a family of even the wisest of yogis; verily, such a birth is very…
- 6.43Then he comes into contact with the knowledge acquired in his former body and strives even…
- 6.44By that same former practice, he is borne on in spite of himself. Even he who merely…
- 6.45But the Yogi who strives assiduously, purified of sins and perfected gradually over many…
- 6.46The yogi is thought to be superior to the ascetics, even superior to those who have…
- 6.47And among all the Yogis, he who, full of faith and with his inner self merged in Me,…
Word-by-word→
- gehe
- in the house
- lokān
- abodes
- prāpya
- attain
- samāḥ
- ages
- uṣhitvā
- after dwelling
- abhijāyate
- take birth
- śhuchīnām
- of the pious
- śhrī-matām
- of the prosperous
- śhāśhvatīḥ
- many
- puṇya-kṛitām
- of the virtuous
- yoga-bhraṣhṭaḥ
- the unsuccessful yogis
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