Bhagavad Gita 6.42अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम् ॥

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,…

hi

certainly

eva

certainly

yat

which

etat

this

kule

in the family

loke

in this world

janma

birth

bhavati

take birth

atha vā

else

yoginām

of those endowed with divine wisdom

dhī-matām

of the wise

īdṛiśham

like this

durlabha-taram

very rare