Chapter 6 · Verse 8 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.8
Sanskrit
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः। युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।।6.8।।
Transliteration
jñāna-vijñāna-tṛiptātmā kūṭa-stho vijitendriyaḥ yukta ityuchyate yogī sama-loṣhṭāśhma-kāñchanaḥ
In plain words
You are being crushed by how much you need things to go a certain way—the outcome of your marriage, the return of your ex, the healing of your child, the sobriety of your spouse, the recovery of your debt. Krishna says: the moment you stop gripping so hard, the moment you treat loss and gain, betrayal and blessing with the same inner calm, you discover the part of you that cannot be touched or broken. That unshakeable center is always yours.
Word by Word
The yogi who drinks deeply from both knowledge and direct realization becomes a vessel so full that the world's storms cannot disturb the still center within. This is not a yogi of escape, but of conquest—one who has mastered the senses not by denial but by seeing through them.
When you touch gold or clay with equal detachment, you have arrived at the truth that nothing external can touch your eternal Self.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.8 — BG 6.8
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