In the Bhagavad Gita - Text and Commentary by Sri Sivananda (Sivananda Press Durban SA) the discourse (summary) is as follows:
Sri Krishna emphasises once again that the Yogi or Sunnyasin is one who has renounced the fruits of actions, not the actions themselves. The performance of action without an eye on its fruit brings about the purification of the mind. Only a purified mind, a mind free from desires, can engage itself in constant meditation on the Atman . Desire give rise to imagination or Sankalpa, which drive the soul into the field of action. Therefore none can realise permanent tranquility of mind without renouncing desires.
The lower self must be controlled by the higher Self. All the lower impulses of the body, mind and senses must be controlled by the power of the higher Self. Then the higher Self becomes one's friend. He who has perfect control of the body, mind and senses and is united with God, sees God in all objects and beings. Inwardly, there is no difference seen between ie.- gold and stone, friends and enemies, righteous and the unrighteous. One is perfectly harmonized.
Sri Krishna proceeds to inform Arjuna of various practical hints as to the :
- practice of meditation.
- practice of Brahmacharya- a necessary component to succeed in meditation
- moderation in daily habits - eating, sleeping
An emphasis is put on concentration of the mind on the Atman being steady, which ultimately leads to seeing the vision of the Lord in all beings and creatures.
Arjuna is doubtful that it is possible to steady the mind since the nature of the mind is to be restless. So he wishes to know the fate of a person who falls short of realising the Supreme, in spite of faith and sincerity.
Krishna assures him that accumulated power of the Yogic practices will assure a better birth in the future, taking up where one has left off. Krishna concludes that the Yogi - one who has attained union with the Supreme Lord - is superior to the ascetics, to the men of book knowledge and the men of action, as the latter have not transcended ignorance and merged in the Self.
6.1- sri-bhagavan uvacaanasritah karma-phalamkaryam karma karoti yahsa sannyasi ca yogi cana niragnir na cakriyah - "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no duty."
6.2- yam sannyasam iti prahuryogam tam viddhi pandavana hy asannyasta-sankalpoyogi bhavati kascana - "What is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, O son of Pandu, for one can never become a yogi unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification."
6.3- aruruksor muner yogamkarma karanam ucyateyogarudhasya tasyaivasamah karanam ucyate - "For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who is already elevated in yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means."rk is said to be the means; and for one who is already elevated in yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means.
6.4- yada hi nendriyarthesuna karmasv anusajjatesarva-sankalpa-sannyasiyogarudhas tadocyate - "A person is said to be elevated in yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitive activities."
6.5 - uddhared atmanatmanamnatmanam avasadayetatmaiva hy atmano bandhuratmaiva ripur atmanah - "One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well."
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