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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 6 · Dhyāna Yoga

Shloka 6.13

Lesson 246 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Discipline of mind, meditation and balance. How can attention and daily discipline support a balanced inner life?

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Shloka · Devanagari

समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

samaṁ kāya-śhiro-grīvaṁ dhārayann achalaṁ sthiraḥsamprekṣhya nāsikāgraṁ svaṁ diśhaśh chānavalokayan

Sandhi-vicheda

samam+kāya+śhiraḥ+grīvam+dhārayan+achalam+sthiraḥ+samprekṣhya+nāsika-agram+svam+diśhaḥ+cha+anavalokayan

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Meaning of each word

samamsource form

straight

kāyasource form

body

śhiraḥsource form

head

grīvamsource form

neck

dhārayansource form

holding

achalamsource form

unmoving

sthiraḥsource form

still

samprekṣhyasource form

gazing

nāsika-agramsource form

at the tip of the nose

svamsource form

own

diśhaḥsource form

directions

chasource form

and

anavalokayansource form

not looking

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।6.13।। समं कायशिरोग्रीवं कायश्च शिरश्च ग्रीवा च कायशिरोग्रीवं तत् समं धारयन् अचलं च। समं धारयतः चलनं संभवति अतः विशिनष्टि अचलमिति। स्थिरः स्थिरो भूत्वा इत्यर्थः। स्वं नासिकाग्रं संप्रेक्ष्य सम्यक् प्रेक्षणं दर्शनं कृत्वेव इति। इवशब्दो लुप्तो द्रष्टव्यः। न हि स्वनासिकाग्रसंप्रेक्षणमिह विधित्सितम्। किं तर्हि चक्षुषो दृष्टिसंनिपातः। स च अन्तःकरणसमाधानापेक्षो विवक्षितः। स्वनासिकाग्रसंप्रेक्षणमेव चेत् विवक्षितम् मनः तत्रैव समाधीयेत नात्मनि। आत्मनि हि मनसः समाधानं वक्ष्यति आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा (गीता 6।25) इति। तस्मात् इवशब्दलोपेन अक्ष्णोः दृष्टिसंनिपात एव संप्रेक्ष्य इत्युच्यते। दिशश्च अनवलोकयन् दिशां च अवलोकनमन्तराकुर्वन् इत्येतत्।।किञ्च

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 6.13

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