Bhagavad Gita Teachings on Meditation and Self-Realization
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 15 sections
Chapter 6, Verse 1
Original
अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः । स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ॥
Transliteration
Anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ, Sa saṁnyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnirna cākriyaḥ
Meaning / Translation
One who performs his duty without attachment to the fruits of action is both a sannyasi and a yogi, not one who has discarded the sacred fire or does not perform any action.
Chapter 6, Verse 2
Original
यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव । न ह्यसंन्यاستसंन्यासत्त्यागात्संन्यासः कृतः ॥
Transliteration
Yaṁ saṁnyāsamiti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava, Na hyasaṁnyāstasaṁnyāsattyāgātsaṁnyāsaḥ kṛtaḥ
Meaning / Translation
What is called renunciation, know that to be yoga, O Pandava; for no one becomes a renunciate by merely abandoning actions.
Chapter 6, Verse 3
Original
अरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते । योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते ॥
Transliteration
Arurukṣormuneryogaṁ karma kāraṇamucyate, Yogārūḍhasyataśyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate
Meaning / Translation
For one who is just beginning to practice yoga, action is said to be the means; for one who has already attained yoga, cessation of all action is said to be the means.
Chapter 6, Verse 4
Original
यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते । सर्वसङ्कल्पविवर्जितो यस्तदा मुनिः ॥
Transliteration
Yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasvanuṣajjate, Sarvasaṅkalpavivarjito yastadā munīḥ
Meaning / Translation
When one is not attached to sense objects or to actions, and has given up all desires, then he is said to be a monk.
Chapter 6, Verse 5
Original
उद्धरेदात्मानात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् । आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥
Transliteration
Uddharedātmānātmānaṁ nātmānamavasādayet, Ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ
Meaning / Translation
One must lift oneself by one's own efforts, and not degrade oneself; for one's own self is one's friend, and also one's own enemy.
Chapter 6, Verse 6
Original
बन्धुरात्मात्मानः तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः । अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ॥
Transliteration
Bandhurātmātmānaḥ tasya yenātmāivātmanā jitaḥ, Anātmanastu śatru tvarte ātmaiva śatruvat
Meaning / Translation
For one who has conquered the mind by the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, the mind will remain the greatest of enemies.
Chapter 6, Verse 7
Original
जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः । शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः ॥
Transliteration
Jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ, Śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
Meaning / Translation
The Supreme Self is tranquil, and is established in the self of one who has conquered his mind, and is the same in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, as well as in honor and dishonor.
Chapter 6, Verse 8
Original
ज्ञानविज्ञानतरस्य यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसे ऽशुभात् । यथा प्राप्य यथा मत्वा तथानुप्राप्य मृच्छति ॥
Transliteration
Jñānavijñānataraṁ sya yajjñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt, Yathā prāpya yathā matvā tathānuprāpya mṛcchati
Meaning / Translation
By knowing which you will be liberated from all that is inauspicious, as one attains, considers, and does not attain, so one becomes deluded.
Chapter 6, Verse 9
Original
योगी युज्येत योगेन योगात्सिद्धिर्भवत्यस्य योगः । सिद्धिर्भवति योगस्य योगात्सिद्धिरनुत्तमा ॥
Transliteration
Yogī yujyeta yogena yogātsiddhirbhavatyasya yogaḥ, Siddhirbhavati yogasya yogātsiddhiranuttamā
Meaning / Translation
The yogi should engage in yoga, and by yoga, he attains success; the success of yoga is the highest success, which is attained through yoga.
Chapter 6, Verse 10
Original
योगी युज्येत योगेन योगात्सिद्धिर्भवत्यस्य योगः । सिद्धिर्भवति योगस्य योगात्सिद्धिरनुत्तमा ॥
Transliteration
Yogī yujyeta yogena yogātsiddhirbhavatyasya yogaḥ, Siddhirbhavati yogasya yogātsiddhiranuttamā
Meaning / Translation
The yogi should engage in yoga, and by yoga, he attains success; the success of yoga is the highest success, which is attained through yoga.
Chapter 6, Verse 11
Original
श्रुत्वाप्येनं न शक्योऽहोऽनुव्याख्यातुं प्रभाषितुम् । व्याख्यातारः सुखं यान्ति न हि प्रभाषितारः ॥
Transliteration
Śrutvāpyenaṁ na śakyo 'ho 'nuvyākhyātum prabhāṣitum, Vyākhyātāraḥ sukhaṁ yānti na hi prabhāṣitāraḥ
Meaning / Translation
Even after hearing this, one is not able to explain or speak about it; those who explain it attain happiness, not those who merely speak about it.
Chapter 6, Verse 12
Original
स्थिरसुखमासनं योगं युञ्जानः स्वयं पद्मं । योगी युज्येत योगेन योगात्सिद्धिर्भवत्यस्य योगः ॥
Transliteration
Sthirasukhamāsanaṁ yogaṁ yuñjānaḥ svayaṁ padmaṁ, Yogī yujyeta yogena yogātsiddhirbhavatyasya yogaḥ
Meaning / Translation
The yogi should practice yoga, sitting in a stable and comfortable posture, with the lotus-like self, and by yoga, he attains success.
Chapter 6, Verse 13
Original
प्राणायामपरायणः शान्तः स्थिरधीर्मुनिः । स्वस्थचित्तः स्वस्थप्राणः स्वस्थो योगी युज्येत योगम् ॥
Transliteration
Prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ śāntaḥ sthiradhīrmuniḥ, Svasthacittaḥ svasthaprāṇaḥ svastho yogī yujyeta yogam
Meaning / Translation
The monk who is devoted to pranayama, is calm, steadfast, and self-controlled, with a peaceful mind, and a peaceful life-force, should engage in yoga.
Chapter 6, Verse 14
Original
स्वस्थप्राणस्वस्थचित्तः स्वस्थो योगी युज्येत योगम् । योगी युज्येत योगेन योगात्सिद्धिर्भवत्यस्य योगः ॥
Transliteration
Svasthaprāṇasvasthacittaḥ svastho yogī yujyeta yogam, Yogī yujyeta yogena yogātsiddhirbhavatyasya yogaḥ
Meaning / Translation
The yogi who has a peaceful life-force and a peaceful mind, should engage in yoga; the yogi should engage in yoga, and by yoga, he attains success.
Chapter 6, Verse 15
Original
यथा यथा युज्येत योगं योगी युज्येत योगेन । योगात्सिद्धिर्भवत्यस्य योगः सिद्धिरनुत्तमा ॥
Transliteration
Yathā yathā yujyeta yogaṁ yogī yujyeta yogena, Yogātsiddhirbhavatyasya yogaḥ siddhiranuttamā
Meaning / Translation
In whatever way the yogi engages in yoga, he should engage in yoga; by yoga, he attains success, and the success of yoga is the highest success.