Chapter 8, Verse 8
Chapter 8 · jnana-yoga
Shloka
अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना | परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन् ||८-८||
orsaṃśayama abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā . paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan ||8-8||
English Meaning
English Meaning
With the mind not moving towards any other thing, made steadfast by the method of habitual meditation, and constantly meditating, one goes to the Supreme Person, the Resplendent, O Arjuna.
Hindi Meaning
हे पार्थ ! अभ्यासयोग से युक्त अन्यत्र न जाने वाले चित्त से निरन्तर चिन्तन करता हुआ (साधक) परम दिव्य पुरुष को प्राप्त होता है।।
Russian Meaning
С умом, не стремящимся ни к чему другому, укрепившимся методом привычной медитации и постоянно медитирующим, человек направляется к Верховной Личности, Сияющему, о Арджуна.
Spanish Meaning
Sin mover la mente hacia ninguna otra cosa, firme mediante el método de la meditación habitual y meditando constantemente, uno se dirige a la Persona Suprema, el Resplandeciente, ¡oh, Arjuna!
Commentary
Abhyasa means practice. Practice is the constant repetition of one idea of God. In the practice of meditation Vijatiya Vrittis (worldly thoughts or thoughts of a type different from the object of meditation) are shut out and there is Sajatiya Vrittipravaha (continous flow of thoughts of the Self or the Absolute alone). This is Abhyasa. Abhyasa is Yoga. This will terminate in Nirvikalpa Samadhi. The Yogi with Samahita Chitta (eanimity of mind) attains Paramatman or the Supreme Soul. Just as the rivers abandoning their names and forms because one with the ocean? so also the sage or the Vidvan? being liberated from names and forms? and virtue and vice? becomes identical with the Supreme Self.The most vital factor in this practice is regularity. Be regular in your meditation. You will soon reach the goal.Purusham Divyam The resplendent? transcendental Being or the Inner Ruler (Antaryamin) in the solar orb.He who meditates constantly without allowing the mind to wander among the sensual objects? in accordance with the instructions of the scriptures and the perceptor reaches the Supreme Purusha.