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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

6.20 Yatra, at the time when; cittam, the mind;<br />

niruddham, restrained, entirely prevented from<br />

wandering; uparamate, gets withdrawn; yogasevaya,<br />

through the practice of Yoga; ca, and; yatra<br />

eva, just when, at the very moment when; pasyan,<br />

by seeing, by experiencing; atmanam, the Self,<br />

which by nature is the supreme light of<br />

Consciousness; atmana, by the self, by the mind<br />

purified by concentration; tusyati, one remains<br />

contented, gets delighted; atmani eva, in one's own<br />

Self alone-. [Samadhi is of two kinds, Samprajnata<br />

and Asamprajnata. The concentration called right<br />

knowledge (Samprajnata) is that which is followed<br />

by reasoning, discrimination, blisss and<br />

unqualified egoism. Asamprajnata is that which is<br />

attained by the constant practice of cessation of all<br />

mental activity, in which the citta retains only the<br />

unmanifested impressions.-Cf. C. W., Vol. I, 1962,<br />

pp. 210, 212. According to A.G. the verses upto 6.20<br />

state in a general way the characteristics of<br />

samadhi. From the present verse to the 25th,<br />

Asamprajnata-samadhi is introduced and defined.-<br />

Tr.] Besides,<br />

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