Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries)
by Narayana Gosvami | 2013 | 327,105 words
The Bhagavad-gita Verse 6.19, English translation, including the Vaishnava commentaries Sarartha-varsini-tika, Prakashika-vritti and Rasika-ranjana (excerpts). This is verse 19 from the chapter 6 called 鈥淒hyana-yoga (Yoga through the Path of Meditation)鈥�
Verse 6.19
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 6.19:
啶ぅ啶� 啶︵啶 啶ㄠた啶掂ぞ啶�-啶膏啶ム 啶ㄠ啶權啶椸い啷� 啶膏啶ぎ啶� 啶膏啶啶むぞ 啷�
啶啶椸た啶ㄠ 啶い-啶氞た啶む啶むじ啷嵿く 啶啶炧啶溹い啷� 啶啶椸ぎ啷� 啶嗋い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ 啷� 啷оク 啷�测补迟丑腻 d墨po niv膩ta-stho ne峁単ate sopam膩 蝉尘峁泃腻 |
yogino yata-cittasya yu帽jato yogam 腻迟尘补苍补岣� || 19 ||测补迟丑腻鈥揳蝉; 诲墨辫补岣�鈥揳 lamp; 苍颈惫腻迟补-蝉迟丑补岣�鈥搒ituated in a windless place; na i峁単ate鈥揹oes not flicker; 蝉腻鈥搕丑补迟; 耻辫补尘腻鈥揳苍补濒辞驳测; 蝉尘峁泃腻鈥揷辞苍蝉颈诲别谤别诲; 测辞驳颈苍补岣�鈥搊f a 测辞驳墨; yata-cittasya鈥搘hose mind is controlled; yu帽jata岣� yogam鈥搘hile practising communion; 腻迟尘补苍补岣�鈥搃n connection with the self.
A lamp in a windless place does not flicker. The 测辞驳墨 who restrains his mind through communion with the self should be always aware of this metaphor.
Commentary: S膩r膩rtha-Var峁峁嚹� 峁玨膩
(By 艢r墨la 痴颈艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 颁补办谤补惫补谤迟墨 峁琱腻办耻谤补; the innermost intention of the commentary named 鈥榯he shower of essential meanings鈥�)
A lamp does not flicker in a place where there is no breeze. The mind of an accomplished 测辞驳墨 is likened to such a lamp.