Bhagawad Geeta

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्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते ।
सर्वसङ्‍कल्पसन्न्यासी योगारूढ़स्तदोच्यते ॥

yada hi nendriyarthesu

na karmasv anusajjate
sarva-sankalpa-sannyasi
yogarudhas tadocyate

SYNONYMS

yadā—when; hi—certainly; na—not; indriya-artheṣu—in sense gratification; na—never; karmasu—in fruitive activities; anuṣajjate—does necessarily engage; sarva-saṅkalpa—all material desires; sannyāsī—renouncer; yoga-ārūḍhaḥ—elevated in yoga; tadā—at that time; ucyate—is said to be.

TRANSLATION

A person is said to have attained to yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitive activities.

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उद्धरेदात्मनाऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्‌ ।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥

ddhared atmanatmanam

natmanam avasadayet
atmaiva hy atmano bandhur
atmaiva ripur atmanah

SYNONYMS

uddharet—one must deliver; ātmanā—by the mind; ātmānam—the conditioned soul; na—never; ātmānam—the conditioned soul; avasādayet—put into degradation; ātmā—mind; eva—certainly; hi—indeed; ātmanaḥ—of the conditioned soul; bandhuḥ—friend; ātmā—mind; eva—certainly; ripuḥ—enemy; ātmanaḥ—of the conditioned soul.

TRANSLATION

A man must elevate himself by his own mind, not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.

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Bhagawad GeetaBy Dr. Shanatanu Nagarkatti