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atha vā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām etad dhi durlabha-taraḿ loke janma yad īdṛśam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.42 Or [if unsuccessful after long practice of yoga] he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists...

tatra taḿ buddhi-saḿyogaḿ labhate paurva-dehikam yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ saḿsiddhau kuru-nandana Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.43 On taking such a birth, he revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again...

pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hy avaśo ’pi saḥ jijñāsur api yogasya śabda-brahmātivartate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.44 By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the...

prayatnād yatamānas tu yogī saḿśuddha-kilbiṣaḥ aneka-janma-saḿsiddhas tato yāti parāḿ gatim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.45 And when the yogi engages himself with sincere endeavor in making further progress, being washed...

tapasvibhyo ’dhiko yogī jñānibhyo ’pi mato ’dhikaḥ karmibhyaś cādhiko yogī tasmād yogī bhavārjuna Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.46 A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive...

yoginām api sarveṣāḿ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā śraddhāvān bhajate yo māḿ sa me yukta-tamo mataḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.47 And of all yogis, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself,...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaḿ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ asaḿśayaḿ samagraḿ māḿ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.1 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Now hear, O son of Pritha,...

jñānaḿ te ’haḿ sa-vijñānam idaḿ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo ’nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.2 I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge, both phenomenal and numinous. This...

manuṣyāṇāḿ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāḿ kaścin māḿ vetti tattvataḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.3 Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have...

bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaḿ mano buddhir eva ca ahańkāra itīyaḿ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego—all together these eight...