Bhagavad Gita 6.8: meaning and translation
Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga. Krishna says
The yogī who is content with knowledge (jñāna) and realisation (vijñāna), who stays unchanging (kūṭastha), who has mastered the senses, and for whom a lump of earth, a stone and gold are the same, is called 'joined in yoga' (yukta), Krishna says.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.8
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः ।युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ॥
Jnanavijnanatriptatma kutastho vijitendriyahYukta ityuchyate yogi samaloshtashmakanchanah
jñānavijñānatṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ |yukta ityucyate yogī samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ ||
Our explanation The yogī who is content with knowledge (jñāna) and realisation (vijñāna), who stays unchanging (kūṭastha), who has mastered the senses, and for whom a lump of earth, a stone and gold are the same, is called 'joined in yoga' (yukta), Krishna says.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो योगी ज्ञान और विज्ञान (अनुभव से जाना हुआ ज्ञान) से तृप्त है, जो कूटस्थ (अविचल) है, जिसने इंद्रियों को जीत लिया है, और जिसके लिए मिट्टी का ढेला, पत्थर और सोना एक समान हैं, उसे युक्त (योग में जुड़ा हुआ) कहा जाता है।
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- ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा jñānavijñānatṛptātmā · content with knowledge and realisation (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”; vi-jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 961, col. 2 “the act of distinguishing or discerning, understanding, comprehending, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge”; tṛpta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 454, col. 1 “satiated, satisfied with”; ātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 1 “the individual soul, self”
- कूटस्थः kūṭasthaḥ · unchanging (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: kūṭa-stha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 299, col. 3 “(in phil.) immovable, uniform, unchangeable”
- विजितेन्द्रियः vijitendriyaḥ · who has mastered the senses (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-jitendriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 960, col. 3 “one who has the organs of sense or passions subdued”
- युक्तः yuktaḥ · joined in yoga (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “yoked or joined or fastened or attached or harnessed”
- इति iti · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
- उच्यते ucyate · is called (present passive, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1 “to be called or accounted, be regarded as”
- 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”
- समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ · to whom earth, stone and gold are alike (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1152, col. 3 “one to whom a clod and stone and gold are all the same”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 68.
The devotee whose self is contented with knowledge and experience1, who is unmoved2, who has restrained his senses, and to whom a sod, a stone, and gold are alike, is said to be devoted.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 68.
The devotee whose self is contented with knowledge and experience1, who is unmoved2, who has restrained his senses, and to whom a sod, a stone, and gold are alike, is said to be devoted.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 66.
He who is satisfied with wisdom and knowledge, unchanging, the senses subdued, harmonised, to whom a lump of earth, a stone and gold are the same, is called a Yogî.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 125.
Whose heart is filled with satisfaction by wisdom and realisation, and is changeless, whose senses are conquered, and to whom a lump of earth, stone, and gold are the same: that Yogi is called steadfast.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 68. Bhagavad Gita 6.8.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 66. Bhagavad Gita 6.8.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 125. Bhagavad Gita 6.8.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.8
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः ।
युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ॥
“The devotee whose self is contented with knowledge and experience, who is unmoved, who has restrained his senses, and to whom a sod, a stone, and gold are alike, is said to be devoted.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 68, public domain)
“He who is satisfied with wisdom and knowledge, unchanging, the senses subdued, harmonised, to whom a lump of earth, a stone and gold are the same, is called a Yogî.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 66, public domain)
“Whose heart is filled with satisfaction by wisdom and realisation, and is changeless, whose senses are conquered, and to whom a lump of earth, stone, and gold are the same: that Yogi is called steadfast.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 125, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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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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