Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 43-47 from the Sixth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita and summarizes Chapter 6. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 43:

तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम् |

यतते च ततो भूय: संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन || 43||

tatra taṁ buddhi-sanyogaṁ labhate paurva-dehikam

yatate cha tato bhūyaḥ sansiddhau kuru-nandana

🔴 There, O scion of the clan of Kurus! he will regain the spiritual discernment of his previous birth, and then he will strive harder than ever for perfection.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 44:

पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि स: |

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते || 44||

pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hyavaśho ’pi saḥ

jijñāsur api yogasya śhabda-brahmātivartate

🔴 Even if helpless, he will be driven towards the path of Yoga by the force of his previous striving. For even a beginner in the path of Yoga goes above the stage requiring the aid of Vedic ritualism, (not to speak then of one who has made some progress in it).

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 45:

प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिष: |

अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् || 45||

prayatnād yatamānas tu yogī sanśhuddha-kilbiṣhaḥ

aneka-janma-sansiddhas tato yāti parāṁ gatim

🔴 As for the Yogi striving diligently, he is cleansed of all his sins and gains spiritual perfection after passing through several embodiments. Finally he reaches the highest state (which consists in release from the bondage of the body).

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 46:

तपस्विभ्योऽधिकोयोगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपिमतोऽधिक:|

कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिकोयोगी तस्माद्योगीभवार्जुन|| 46||

tapasvibhyo ’dhiko yogī jñānibhyo ’pi mato ’dhikaḥ

karmibhyaśh chādhiko yogī tasmād yogī bhavārjuna

🔴 A Yogi (one practicing meditation) is superior to a man of austerity; he is superior to a scholar; he is superior to a ritualist too. Therefore, O Arjuna, be you a Yogi.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verses 47:

योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना |

श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मत: || 47||

yoginām api sarveṣhāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā

śhraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ

🔴 Of all the Yogins, he is the most attuned in spiritual communion, who worships Me with abiding faith and with his innermost self fused with Me.

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