Bhagavad Gita 6.47योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना।श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः ॥
yoginām api sarveṣhāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā
śhraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ
Sanskrit recitation
When the mind will not stay · 6.33–6.47 · Teaching
Translation
And among all the Yogis, he who, full of faith and with his inner self merged in Me, worships Me is deemed by Me to be the most devoted.
Hindi translation
सम्पूर्ण योगियोंमें भी जो श्रद्धावान् भक्त मुझमें तल्लीन हुए मनसे मेरा भजन करता है, वह मेरे मतमें सर्वश्रेष्ठ योगी है।
Meaning
Among all Yogis He who worships Me, the Absolute, is superior to those who worship the lesser gods such as the Vasus, Rudra, Aditya, etc.The inner self merged in Me The mind absorbed in Me, (Cf.VI.32),(This chapter is known by the names Atmasamyama Yoga and Adhyatma Yoga also.)
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→
- me
- by me
- api
- however
- mām
- to me
- saḥ
- he
- yaḥ
- who
- antaḥ
- inner
- bhajate
- engage in devotion
- mataḥ
- is considered
- yoginām
- of all yogis
- ātmanā
- with the mind
- mat-gatena
- absorbed in me (God)
- sarveṣhām
- all types of
- yukta-tamaḥ
- the highest yogi
- śhraddhā-vān
- with great faith
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