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Bhagavad Gita · 12.4 · The Yoga of Devotion·4 of 20

संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयःते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः

sanniyamyendriya-grāmaṁ sarvatra

sama-buddhayaḥ te prāpnuvanti mām eva sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ

Sanskrit recitation

Many paths, one devotion · 12.1–12.12 · Teaching

Translation

Having restrained all the senses, being even-minded everywhere, and intent on the welfare of all beings, they verily come unto Me.

Meaning

Those who are free from likes and dislikes (attraction and repulsion) can possess,equanimity of mind. Those who have destroyed ignorance which is the cause for exhilaration and grief, through the knowledge of the Self, those who are free from all kinds of sensual cravings through the constant practice of finding the defects or the evil in sensual pleasures can have evenness of mind. Those who are neither elated nor troubled when they get desirable or undesirable objects can possess evenness of mind.The two currents of love and hatred (likes and dislikes) make a man think of harming others. When these two are destroyed through meditation on the Self, the Yogi is intent on the welfare of others. He rejoices in doing service to the people. He plunges himself in service. He works constantly for the solidarity or wellbeing of this world. He gives fearlessness (Abhayadana) to all creatures. No creature is afraid of him. He becomes a Paramahamsa Sannyasi who gives shelter to all in his heart. He attains Selfrealisation. He becoes a knower of Brahman. The knower of Brahman becomes Brahman.By means of the control of the senses the Yogi closes the ten doors (the senses) and withdraws the senses from the sensual objects and fixes the mind on the innermost Self

After Swami Sivananda

Many paths, one devotion· 12.1–12.12

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

Word-by-word
eva
certainly
mām
unto Me
ratāḥ
engaged.
sarvatra
everywhere
prāpnuvanti
achieve
indriya-grāmam
all the senses
sama-buddayaḥ
equally disposed
sarva-bhūtahite
all living entities' welfare

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