Bhagavad Gita 6: 20-23
28 Aug '11 18:11yatroparamate cittam
niruddham yoga-sevaya
yatra caivatmanatmanam
pasyann atmani tusyati
sukham atyantikam yat tad
buddhi-grahyam atindriyam
vetti yatra na caivayam
sthitas calati tattvatah
yam labdhva caparam labham
manyate nadhikam tatah
yasmin sthito na duhkhena
gurunapi vicalyate
tam vidyad duhkha-samyoga-
viyogam yoga-samjnitam
SYNONYMS
yatra--in that state of affairs; uparamate--when one feels transcendental happiness; cittam--mental activities; niruddham--restrained from matter; yoga-sevaya--by performance of yoga; yatra--in that; ca--also; eva--certainly; atmana--by the pure mind; atmanam--the self; pasyan--realizing the position; atmani--in the self; tusyati--becomes satisfied; sukham--happiness; atyantikam--supreme; yat--in which; tat--that; buddhi--intelligence; grahyam--accessible; atindriyam--transcendental; vetti--knows; yatra--wherein; na--never; ca--also; eva--certainly; ayam--in this; sthitah--situated; calati--moves; tattvatah--from the truth; yam--that which; labdhva--by attainment; ca--also; aparam--any other; labham--gain; manyate--does not mind; na--never; adhikam--more than that; tatah--from that; yasmin--in which; sthitah--being situated; na--never; duhkhena--by miseries; guruna api--even though very difficult; vicalyate--becomes shaken; tam--that; vidyat--you must know; duhkha-samyoga--miseries of material contact; viyogam--extermination; yoga-samjnitam--trance in yoga.
TRANSLATION
The stage of perfection is called trance, or samadhi, when one's mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga. This is characterized by one's ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact.
Note: This is not the highest stage of spirituality/religion but is intermediate stage.
The highest stage is the eternal personal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in friendship and love through Bhakti Yoga (the highest form of Yoga)
niruddham yoga-sevaya
yatra caivatmanatmanam
pasyann atmani tusyati
sukham atyantikam yat tad
buddhi-grahyam atindriyam
vetti yatra na caivayam
sthitas calati tattvatah
yam labdhva caparam labham
manyate nadhikam tatah
yasmin sthito na duhkhena
gurunapi vicalyate
tam vidyad duhkha-samyoga-
viyogam yoga-samjnitam
SYNONYMS
yatra--in that state of affairs; uparamate--when one feels transcendental happiness; cittam--mental activities; niruddham--restrained from matter; yoga-sevaya--by performance of yoga; yatra--in that; ca--also; eva--certainly; atmana--by the pure mind; atmanam--the self; pasyan--realizing the position; atmani--in the self; tusyati--becomes satisfied; sukham--happiness; atyantikam--supreme; yat--in which; tat--that; buddhi--intelligence; grahyam--accessible; atindriyam--transcendental; vetti--knows; yatra--wherein; na--never; ca--also; eva--certainly; ayam--in this; sthitah--situated; calati--moves; tattvatah--from the truth; yam--that which; labdhva--by attainment; ca--also; aparam--any other; labham--gain; manyate--does not mind; na--never; adhikam--more than that; tatah--from that; yasmin--in which; sthitah--being situated; na--never; duhkhena--by miseries; guruna api--even though very difficult; vicalyate--becomes shaken; tam--that; vidyat--you must know; duhkha-samyoga--miseries of material contact; viyogam--extermination; yoga-samjnitam--trance in yoga.
TRANSLATION
The stage of perfection is called trance, or samadhi, when one's mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga. This is characterized by one's ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact.
Note: This is not the highest stage of spirituality/religion but is intermediate stage.
The highest stage is the eternal personal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in friendship and love through Bhakti Yoga (the highest form of Yoga)