Chapter 6 · Verse 23 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.23
Sanskrit
तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम्। स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा।।6.23।।
Transliteration
taṁ vidyād duḥkha-sanyoga-viyogaṁ yogasaṅjñitam sa niśhchayena yoktavyo yogo ’nirviṇṇa-chetasā
In plain words
You are exhausted from holding on—to what you've lost, to what you fear, to the stories you tell yourself about what went wrong. Krishna says: yoga is not about achieving something distant; it is the simple act of releasing your grip on the pain you've been carrying. Each time you stop wrestling with what happened and let it rest, you find yourself again.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the heart of yoga: not as contortion or technique, but as the radical severance from suffering itself. When the mind rests in its own nature, unburdened by the world's wounds, that is yoga.
The Vedas call this the state of union with the Self—where separation from pain is not absence, but presence of Truth. In your own practice today, this means: each time you notice yourself clinging to old hurts or fears, gently remember that yoga is your birthright to let them go.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.23 — BG 6.23
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