Chapter 6 · Verse 12 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.12
Sanskrit
तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः। उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये।।6.12।।
Transliteration
tatraikāgraṁ manaḥ kṛitvā yata-chittendriya-kriyaḥ upaviśhyāsane yuñjyād yogam ātma-viśhuddhaye
In plain words
You are scattered—by worry, by rage, by a mind that won't stop replaying what went wrong. Krishna says: gather yourself back. Sit down, even for ten minutes, and let your attention come home to you like a child returning to her mother's lap. This is not escape; this is how you stop poisoning yourself, and how you remember who you actually are beneath all the noise.
Word by Word
Krishna teaches that yoga is not escape from life, but return to our authentic nature through disciplined inward turning. The mind becomes one-pointed not through force, but through patient, loving intention—like a lamp flame steadying in still air.
When you sit with sincere posture and gather your scattered energy back home to yourself, purification happens naturally, as toxins leave water when it becomes still. In our distracted age, this verse invites you to claim even ten minutes of seated silence as an act of profound self-love and spiritual rebellion.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.12 — BG 6.12
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