Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 6 · The Way of Meditation

    Verse 3

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 6, Verse 3

    आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते। योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते।।6.3।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    ārurukṣhor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam uchyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śhamaḥ kāraṇam uchyate

    Translation

    Action is said to be the means for the sage who seeks to climb the heights of Yoga; but when he has climbed the heights of Yoga, tranquility is said to be the means.
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