Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 6 · The Way of Meditation

    Verse 23

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 6, Verse 23

    तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम्। स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा।।6.23।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    taṁ vidyād duḥkha-sanyoga-viyogaṁ yogasaṅjñitam sa niśhchayena yoktavyo yogo ’nirviṇṇa-chetasā

    Translation

    Know this deliverance from association with misery to be Yoga. This Yoga must be practiced with determination and with a mind free from despondency.
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