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Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 6 verse 46<\/a><\/p>\n yOginAmapi sarvEshAm madhgathEnAntharAthmanA |<\/em> yOginAm – greater than the previously mentioned yOgis One who has his heart engaged in me, has the desire to reach me and meditates upon me is considered as the greatest by me as he is greater than the previously mentioned yOgis and all others such as thapasvis (those who are engaged in penance).<\/p>\n ‘Even more beyond the yogis and of all, is he<\/em> said to be the most superior who, in faith, and with his inmost manas<\/em> immersed in Me, worships Me.[4. See Introduction to Lect. III<\/a>; this verse is introductory to the 2nd Division of Bhagavad-gita, the Bhakti-yoga, Lectures (VII<\/a> to XII<\/a>). See introduction to Lect: XII<\/a> and XII-2<\/a>.]’<\/span><\/p>\n The genitive case of the word yogin\u0101m<\/em> has the force of the ablative case yogibhya\u1e25<\/em>; yogin\u0101m<\/em> thus meaning not of the yogis, but beyond<\/em> the yogis. (The ablative case gives the sense that the yogi of this verse is not one amongst<\/em> the four kinds of yogis described (in the twenty-ninth verse, ff. ante<\/em>), but is the fifth<\/em> above and beyond, and superior to, the four<\/em> kinds.<\/span><\/p>\n The description of the four kinds of the yogis is as contained in verse (sarva-bh\u016btastham<\/em> etc.,):\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Perceives \u0100tma abiding in all beings\u2019 etc., (vi-29<\/a>.) and following verses: (vi-30<\/a>, 31<\/a> and 32<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n As the yogi referred to in this verse, does not fall as one of<\/em> this four-fold classification, the genitive case has not the force of specifying a class among those already mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n Api sarvesh\u0101m<\/em>=\u2018and of all<\/em>\u2019, refers to those mentioned in verse forty-six[2. Mentioned as “forty-seven” in printed book.], viz the tapasv\u012bs<\/em> etc. Likewise here, as of the word yogin\u0101m<\/em>, the genetive case of the word sarvesh\u0101m<\/em>, has the ablative force, for reasons the same as stated above; in this case meaning that this yogi (described in this verse and the following lectures, vii<\/a> to xii<\/a>, viz<\/em>., the bhakta<\/em>, the Lover of God) is greater than all the yog\u012bs (verses 29 to 32) and the tapasv\u012bs<\/em> etc., (verse 46<\/a>);<\/span><\/p>\n In comparison with this yogi, they are all, by inferiority, to be grouped into one class. The comparison between him and them is as between the Mount of Meru[6. This is the golden mountain, according to the Pur\u0101\u1e47\u0101s, in the centre of Jambu-dv\u012bpa. Its height is eighty-four thousand yojanas (yojana=9 miles); its depth below the surface of the earth sixteen thousand; its diameter at the summit is thirty two thousand and at its base sixteen thousand.], and a handful of mustard seed. Between one seed and another, differences certainly do exist, but that difference is impalpable when compared with that which subsists between the seed and the huge Mount Meru[7. This is the golden mountain, according to the Pur\u0101\u1e47\u0101s, in the centre of Jambu-dv\u012bpa. Its height is eighty-four thousand yojanas (yojana=9 miles); its depth below the surface of the earth sixteen thousand; its diameter at the summit is thirty two thousand and at its base sixteen thousand.].<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018The inmost manas<\/em> immersed in Me\u2019 means: that out of his overflowing love for Me, all his manas<\/em> (\u2018heart, life and soul\u2019) is merged in Me. His nature is thus unique, singling him out from all other kinds of yog\u012bs.<\/span><\/p>\n Antar-\u0101tma<\/em>,=\u2018inmost manas\u2019 is so called from its being the receptacle of all internal and external experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n So drunk in (God-)Love is this yogi, that he is unable, without Me, to support his very existence. In this way he is merged in Me as one.<\/span><\/p>\n \u015araddh\u0101v\u0101n<\/em>: is one full of earnestness or faith. The earnestness in worshipping Me, comes from the inordinate desire which impels him to find Me, for, the intensity of yearning Love that he has for Me is such that he is unable to tolerate a moment\u2019s separation from Me,\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, to Whom, the emanations, sustentations, and immanations of the Kosmos, abounding in objects of enjoyment, enjoyers, and enjoying instruments \u2014viz<\/em>; body and senses\u2014 are but sport.<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, the Treasury of the countless groups of glorious attributes, \u2014antidotal to evil,\u2014 such as wisdom or omniscience (j\u00f1\u0101na<\/em>)[7. j\u00f1\u0101na=\u2018of Himself, He, all things, in every respect, and at every moment, cognizes directly.\u2019], power (bala<\/em>)[8. Bal-ai\u015bvarya = \u2018All things thus cognized, He ever supports and controls.\u2019], dominion (ai\u015bvarya<\/em>)[9. Bal-ai\u015bvarya = \u2018All things thus cognized, He ever supports and controls.\u2019], energy (v\u012brya<\/em>)[10. \u2018Nevertheless, is never exhausted.\u2019] capacity (\u015bakti<\/em>)[11. \u015aakti=\u2018Works miracles, or transcends our very conception.\u2019], lustre (tejas)[12. Tejas<\/em>=Overpowers all, Himself being unaided or undaunted, by anything. P. 64. Sri P\u0101rthas\u0101rathi Aiyang\u0101r’s English Trans: of Tatva-traya.] etc., etc.,<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, whose Divine Figure is a synthesis of every thing beautiful, becoming Me, inconceivable, transcendent, mirific, imperishable, invulnerable, super-excellent etc., \u2014such as radiance (aujjvalya<\/em>), loveliness (soundarya<\/em>), fragrance (sau-gandhya<\/em>), softness (sau-kum\u0101rya<\/em>), grace (l\u0101va\u1e47ya<\/em>), and youth (yauvana<\/em>);<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, in essence and in attributes, beyond mind to conceive, and speech to extol;<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, the unbounded majestic Ocean of compassion (k\u0101ru\u1e47ya<\/em>), condescension (sau\u015b\u012blya<\/em>), love (v\u0101tsalya<\/em>), bounty (aud\u0101rya<\/em>) etc.,<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, the Saviour or the Impartial Asylum of all the worlds;<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, the Reliever of the distresses of my supplicants;<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, the sole Object of passionate Love for My postulants;<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, Who become theophanous, or become ocularly demonstrable to all men;<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, incarnate in Vasudev\u0101\u2019s house, without laying aside my true (Divine) nature (on that account);<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, illumining all the Universe by My infinitely sublime glory;<\/span><\/p>\n Me<\/em>, the Promoter of the well-being of, or the Filler with gladness, the whole Universe, by the resplendent glory of My Divine Self;<\/span><\/p>\n Whoso meditates on Me in this-wise, I hold him to be the nearest to Me, the most estimable to Me above all others.<\/span><\/p>\n Because, I am Omnipresent and Omniscient in Eternity, I know all this : (that what I say is the Truth).<\/span><\/p>\n OM TAT SAT<\/span><\/p>\n Thus closes The Sixth Discourse,<\/span><\/p>\n named Abhy\u0101sa-Yoga<\/em>, or the Practice of Meditation,<\/span><\/p>\n with \u015ari R\u0101m\u0101nuja\u2019s<\/em> commentary thereon,<\/span><\/p>\n in the colloquy between \u015ari K\u1e5bish\u1e47a<\/em> and Arjuna<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n In the Science of Yoga,<\/span><\/p>\n in the Divine knowledge of the Upanishads<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n or the Chants of \u015ar\u012b Bhagav\u0101n<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n the Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 7<\/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 46 SlOkam \u2013 Original yOginAmapi sarvEshAm madhgathEnAntharAthmanA | SradhdhAvAn bhajathE yO mAm sa mE yukthathamO matha: || word-by-word meaning yOginAm – greater than the previously mentioned yOgis api sarvEshAm – and all others such as thapasvis (those who are … 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-2974","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\/2974","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=2974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nSradhdhAvAn bhajathE yO mAm sa mE yukthathamO matha: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\napi sarvEshAm – and all others such as thapasvis (those who are engaged in penance)
\nmadhgathEna antharAthmanA – with heart engaged in me
\nSradhdhAvAn – having desire (to reach me)
\nya: mAm bhajathE – one who meditates upon me
\nsa: – he
\nyukthathama: – greatest
\nmE matha: – considered by me<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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