Bhagavad Gita 6.28: meaning and translation
Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga. Krishna says
Krishna says that the yogī who keeps joining himself in yoga in this way, free of stain, easily comes to know the boundless joy of contact with Brahman.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.28
युञ्जन्नेवं सदा ऽऽत्मानं योगी विगतकल्मषः ।सुखेन ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्नुते ॥
Yunjannevam sada tmanam yogi vigatakalmashahSukhena brahmasansparshamatyantam sukhamashnute
yuñjannevaṃ sadā ’’tmānaṃ yogī vigatakalmaṣaḥ |sukhena brahmasaṃsparśamatyantaṃ sukhamaśnute ||
Our explanation Krishna says that the yogī who keeps joining himself in yoga in this way, free of stain, easily comes to know the boundless joy of contact with Brahman.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो योगी इस प्रकार सदा स्वयं को योग में लगाता है और निष्पाप है, वह सहज ही ब्रह्म के स्पर्श के असीम सुख का अनुभव करता है।
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- युञ्जन् yuñjan · joining in yoga (present participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. yuj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “to yoke or join or fasten or harness”
- एवम् evam · in this way (indeclinable) Dictionary: evam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “thus, in this way, in such a manner, such”
- सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
- आत्मानम् ātmānam · himself (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: ātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 1 “the individual soul, self”
- योगी yogī · the yogī (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yogin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 3 “a follower of the Yoga system, a Yogin (usually called Yogī) or contemplative saint”
- विगतकल्मषः vigatakalmaṣaḥ · free of stain (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. vi-gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 956, col. 3 “gone away, departed, disappeared, ceased, gone”; kalmaṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 263, col. 1 “moral stain, sin”
- सुखेन sukhena · easily (indeclinable) Dictionary: sukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1221, col. 1 “ease, easiness, comfort, prosperity, pleasure, happiness”
- ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शम् brahmasaṃsparśam · contact with Brahman (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: brahman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 738, col. 1 “one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul”; saṃ-sparśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1122, col. 1 “close or mutual contact, touch”
- अत्यन्तम् atyantam · boundless (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: aty-anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 16, col. 3 “beyond the proper end or limit; excessive, very great, very strong; endless”
- सुखम् sukham · joy (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: sukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1221, col. 1 “ease, easiness, comfort, prosperity, pleasure, happiness”
- अश्नुते aśnute · gains, enjoys (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. aś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 112, col. 2 “to reach, come to, arrive at, get, gain, obtain”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 70.
Thus constantly devoting his self to abstraction, a devotee, freed from sin, easily obtains that supreme happiness—contact with the Brahman1.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Assimilation with the Brahman. ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 70.
Thus constantly devoting his self to abstraction, a devotee, freed from sin, easily obtains that supreme happiness—contact with the Brahman1.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Assimilation with the Brahman. ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 70.
The Yogî who ever harmonises the self with Brahman, and who hath put away sin, he with ease reacheth the infinite joy of contact with Brahman.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 134.
The Yogi freed from taint (of good and evil), constantly engaging the mind thus, with ease attains the infinite bliss of contact with Brahman.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 70. Bhagavad Gita 6.28.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 70. Bhagavad Gita 6.28.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 134. Bhagavad Gita 6.28.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.28
युञ्जन्नेवं सदा ऽऽत्मानं योगी विगतकल्मषः ।
सुखेन ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्नुते ॥
“Thus constantly devoting his self to abstraction, a devotee, freed from sin, easily obtains that supreme happiness—contact with the Brahman.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 70, public domain)
“The Yogî who ever harmonises the self with Brahman, and who hath put away sin, he with ease reacheth the infinite joy of contact with Brahman.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 70, public domain)
“The Yogi freed from taint (of good and evil), constantly engaging the mind thus, with ease attains the infinite bliss of contact with Brahman.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 134, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 6 (Dhyana Yoga).
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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