Chapter 6
Meditation

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Introduction

om śrīparamātmane namaḥ
atha ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ
ātmasaṁyamayogaḥ

Note: It is recommended to include the salutation and the chapter name, when an individual chapter is being chanted.

Verse 1

śrībhagavānuvāca
anāśritaḥ karmaphalam
kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ
sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca
na niragnirna cākriyah

Verse 2

yaṁ sannyāsamiti prāhuḥ
yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava
na hyasannyastasaṅkalpaḥ
yogī bhavati kaścana

Verse 3

ārurukṣormuneryogam
karma kārāṇamucyate
yogāruḍhasya tasyaiva
śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate

Verse 4

yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu
na karmasvanuṣajjate
sarvasaṅkalpasannyāsī
yogārūḍhastadocyate

Verse 5

uddharedātmanātmānam
nātmānamavasādayet
ātmaiva hyātmano bandhuḥ
ātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ

Verse 6

bandhurātmātmanastasya
yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ
anātmanastu śatrutve
vartetātmaiva śatruvat

Verse 7

jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya
paramātmā samāhitaḥ
śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu
tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

Verse 8

jñānavijñānatṛptātmāa
kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ
yukta ityucyate yogī
samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ

Verse 9

suhṛnmitrāryudāsīna-
madhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu
sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu
samabuddhirviśiṣyate

Verse 10

yogī yuñjīta satatam
ātmānaṁ rahasi sthitaḥ
ekākī yatacittātmā
nirāśīraparigrahaḥ