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Bhagavad Gita · 6.4 · Path of Meditation·4 of 47

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जतेसर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते

yadā hi nendriyārtheṣhu na karmasv-anuṣhajjate

sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadochyate

Sanskrit recitation

Who is truly a yogi · 6.1–6.9 · Teaching

Translation

When a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, then they are said to have attained Yoga.

Meaning

Yogarudha he who is enthroned or established in Yoga. When a Yogi, by keeping the mind ite steady, by withdrawing it from the objects of the senses, has attachment neither for sensual objects such as sound, nor for the actions (Karmas, Cf. notes to V.13), knowing that they are of no use to him when he has renounced all thoughts which generate various sorts of desires for the objects of this world and of the next, then he is said to have become a Yogarudha.Do not think of senseobjects. The desires will die by themselves. How can you free yourself from thinking of the objects Think of God or the Self. Then you can avoid thinking of the objects. Then you can free yourself from thinking of the objects of the senses.Renunciation of thoughts implies that all desires and all actions should be renounced, because all desires are born of thoughts. You think first and then act (strive) afterwards to possess the objects of your desire for enjoyment.Whatever a man desires, that he willsAnd whatever he wills, that he does. -- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 4.4.5Renunciation of all actions necessarily follows from the renunciation of all desires.O desire I know where thy root lies. Thou art born of Sankalpa (thought). I will not think of thee and thou shalt cease to exist along with the root

After Swami Sivananda

Who is truly a yogi· 6.1–6.9

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
hi
certainly
na
not
tadā
at that time
yadā
when
karmasu
to actions
uchyate
is said
sanyāsī
renouncer
anuṣhajjate
is attachment
sarva-saṅkalpa
all desires for the fruits of actions
indriya-artheṣhu
for sense-objects
yoga-ārūḍhaḥ
elevated in the science of Yog

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