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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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ecomes manifest, i.e. becomes directly manifest as<br />

his own Self. Moreover, (he should be equipoised)<br />

sita-usna-sukha-duhkhesu, in the midst of cold and<br />

heat, happiness and sorrow; tatha, as also; manaapamanayoh<br />

in honour and dishonour, adoration<br />

and despise.<br />

6.8 One whose mind is satisfied with knowledge<br />

and realization, who is unmoved, who has his<br />

organs under control, is sadi to be Self-absorbed.<br />

The yogi treats equally a lump of earth, a stone and<br />

gold.<br />

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

6.8 A yogi, jnana-vijnana-trpta-atma, whose mind<br />

is satisfied with knowledge and realization-jnana is<br />

thorough knowledge of things presented by the<br />

scriptures, but vijnana is making those things<br />

known from the scriptures a subject of one's own<br />

realization just as they have been presented; he<br />

whose mind (atma) has become contented (trpta)<br />

with those jnana and vijnana is jnana-vijnana-trptaatma-;<br />

kutasthah, who is unmoved, i.e. who<br />

becomes unshakable; and vijita-indriyah, who has<br />

his organs under control;- he who is of this kind,<br />

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