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Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 6 verse 13<\/a><\/p>\n praSAnthAthmA vigathabhIr brahmachArivrathE sthitha: |<\/em> praSAnthAthmA – having a tranquil mind [continued from previous SlOkam] having a tranquil mind, being fearless and celibate, controlling the mind, placing the thoughts on me, being alert, let him be fully engaged in me.<\/p>\n ‘With mind in perfect tranquillity, fearless, keeping the vow of brahmacharya<\/em>[4. Sv\u0101mi Vivek\u0101nanda says in his R\u0101ja Yoga (pp: 61-62), that \u2018that part of the human energy which is expressed as sex energy, in sexual functions, sexual thought and so on, when checked and controlled, easily, becomes changed into ‘Ojas’. * * * * * If people practise R\u0101ja-Yoga and at the same time lead an impure life, how can they expect to become \u2018Body, head and neck straight\u2019 means: an erect (and balanced) posture.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Unmoving and firm (st\u1e25ira<\/em>)\u2019: i.e.<\/em>, resting the balanced head and body against a cushion or some comfortable (bolster-)support.<\/span><\/p>\n The eyes not allowed to wander in different directions in space, but held fixed so as to gaze (between the eye-brows) at the tip of the nose[3. See verses 29<\/a> and 30<\/a>, ante<\/em>, The amplification of this subject is Lecture VI<\/a>. The tip of the nose is the directrix to bring the gaze to the middle of the eye-brows.]. (So far, body-discipline).<\/span><\/p>\n (Now comes, mind-discipline):\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Mind tranquil\u2019 connotes the state of mind in high contentedness! Added to this is \u2018freedom from all fear.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n Then, again, what is required is leading the mode of life called \u2018Brahmacharya<\/em>[6. Sv\u0101mi Vivek\u0101nanda says in his R\u0101ja Yoga (pp: 61-62), that \u2018that part of the human energy which is expressed as sex energy, in sexual functions, sexual thought and so on, when checked and controlled, easily, becomes changed into ‘Ojas’. * * * * * If people practise R\u0101ja-Yoga and at the same time lead an impure life, how can they expect to become Keeping the mind thus closely attentive (or harmonized), let one turn the mind on Me, and sit fixing it there in meditation.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 6 verse 15<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 13 SlOkam \u2013 Original praSAnthAthmA vigathabhIr brahmachArivrathE sthitha: | mana: samyamya machchiththO yuktha AsItha mathpara: || word-by-word meaning praSAnthAthmA – having a tranquil mind vigathabhI: – being fearless brahmachAri vrathE sthitha: – observing celibacy mana: sAmya – controlling the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-6","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n mana: samyamya machchiththO yuktha AsItha mathpara: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nvigathabhI: – being fearless
\nbrahmachAri vrathE sthitha: – observing celibacy
\nmana: sAmya – controlling the mind
\nmachchiththa: – placing the thoughts on me
\nyuktha: – being alert
\nmathpara: AsItha – let him be fully engaged in me<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nYogis? Read also P\u0101tanjala Yoga-s\u016btras, II-30, II-38.], restraining the mind and making the thoughts to dwell on Me, let one, collected, sit meditating on Me.’<\/span><\/p>\n
\nYogis? Read also P\u0101tanjala Yoga-s\u016btras, II-30, II-38.]\u2019, i.e., continence or reservation of the vital energy[7. Mund: Up:<\/em> III.-2-4 says:\u2018This \u0101tma is never attained by the weak\u2019. The definition of Brahmacharya is given thus:\u2014\u2018Yoshit-smara\u1e47a,-k\u012brtana, ke\u1e37i, preksha\u1e47a,-guhya-bhasha\u1e47a,-sankalp-, \u0101dhyavas\u0101ya;-kriy\u0101,-niv\u1e5bitti-laksha\u1e47\u0101\u2019. In re<\/em> Brahmacharya, also see Mund: Up:<\/em> III-1-5, Pra\u015b: Up:<\/em> I-2>. See Bh: G\u012b: VIII-11<\/a>.], to which one should be faithful.<\/span><\/p>\n
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