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Bhagavad Gita / Chapter 15 / Verse 11
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Bhagavad Gita 15.11

Sanskrit
Hindi
Sanskrit

यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम् | यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः

Transliteration

yatanto yoginaścainaṃ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam . yatanto.apyakṛtātmāno nainaṃ paśyantyacetasaḥ

English

And the yogis who are diligent see this one as existing in themselves. The non-discriminating ones who lack self-control do not see this one-though (they be) diligent.

हिन्दी

योगीजन प्रयत्न करते हुये ही अपने हृदय में स्थित आत्मा को देखते हैं, जब कि अशुद्ध अन्त:करण वाले (अकृतात्मान:) और अविवेकी (अचेतस:) लोग यत्न करते हुये भी इसे नहीं देखते हैं।।

Explanation — English

The description of the evolution of the individual soul is now complete.The Yogins who strive with an iron determination? fiery resolve? faith? earnestness and wellbalanced mind? see Him established in their hearts. They behold Him dwelling in their own mind or intellect. They recognise Him -- This I am. But those who are of full intellect and without proper discipline of the mind and the senses? who have not been purified by austerity? selfless service and charity? who have not subdued their senses? who have not practised regular meditation? who have not given up their evil ways? who have not eradicated lust? pride? egoism? anger? greed and hypocrisy? who have not developed true discrimination between the Real and the unreal? however hard they may struggle to know Him by means of the study of the sacred scriptures? do not behold Him. They are not able to attain Selfrealisation. Mere study of scriptues alone cannot help one who has an impure mind to attain Selfrealisation. The aspirant should have a calm and pure mind. He should practise constant? protracted and profound meditation on the Self. Only then will he realise? recognise and behold the Self abiding in his own heart.That Goal (the Supreme Being) which the fire? stars? lightning? sun and moon do not illumine? having reached which the aspirants do not return to this Samsara or the world of birth and death? of which the individual souls are only imaginary parts appearing so on account of the limiting adjunct (ignorance)? just as the ether in the pot appears to be limited though it is one with the,universal ether -- is the essence of all worldly experiences.Just as the ether in the pot becomes identical with the universal ether when the limiting adjunct (pot) is broken? so also the individual soul becomes identical with the Supreme Being when the limiting adjunct (ignorance) is destroyed through the knowledge of the Self or Selfrealisation born of meditation on the right significance of the great sentences of the Upanishads? viz.? TatTvamAsi (That thou art) or AhamBrahmaAsmi (I am the Supreme Being). Then he realises that Brahman is the essence of all and tht He is the basis of all experiences.In order to make Arjuna understand this? the Lord gives a brief summary of His manifestations in the following four verses. A description is given here of the allpervasiveness of the Self.

Explanation — हिन्दी

जो साधक चित्त को एकाग्र करने तथा बुद्धि को कामनादि की निवृत्ति के द्वारा शुद्ध करने में सफल हो जाते हैं? केवल वे ही लोग आत्मा के वैभव को जान पाते हैं और इसके अनन्तत्व का अनुभव भी करते हैं। परन्तु यह भी सत्य है कि जो केवल यन्त्रवत् अत्यधिक साधना ही करते रहते हैं? यह आवश्यक नहीं कि उन्हें सफलता प्राप्त ही हो जाये। अनेक ऐसे साधक हैं? जिन्हें इस बात का दुख होता है कि वर्षों की उनकी नियमित साधना के होते हुये भी उनकी इच्छित प्रगति नहीं हुई है। इसका क्या कारण हो सकता है इस विवादास्पद प्रश्न का अत्यन्त युक्तियुक्त उत्तर देते हुये भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं यद्यपि वे यत्न करते हैं? किन्तु अशुद्ध अन्तकरण वाले अविवेकी लोग आत्मा को नहीं देखते हैं। ध्यान के फल की प्राप्ति के लिये दो आवश्यक गुण हैं (क) चित्तशुद्धि अर्थात् अहंकार और स्वार्थजनित विक्षेपों का अभाव तथा? (ख) वेदान्त प्रमाण के द्वारा आत्मानात्मविवेक? जिसके द्वारा अज्ञान आवरण नष्ट हो जाता है। इन दोनों के अभाव में आत्मज्ञान होना सर्वथा असंभव है। अत साधकों को कर्मयोग और भक्तियोग के द्वारा चित्तशुद्धि प्राप्त कर आत्मविचार करना चाहिये।अब तक के विवेचन में आत्मा को इंगित करते हुये कहा गया था कि? (1) उसे भौतिक प्रकाश के स्रोतों सूर्य? चन्द्रमा और अग्नि के द्वारा प्रकाशित नहीं किया जा सकता (2) जिसे प्राप्त होने पर संसार में पुनरावृत्ति नहीं होती और? (3) समस्त जीव मानो उसके अंश हैं।इसके पश्चात्? अगले चार श्लोकों में परमात्मा के स्वरूप तथा उसकी व्यापकता का वर्णन किया गया है कि वह (क) सर्वप्रकाशक चैतन्य का प्रकाश है? (ख) सर्वपोषक जीवन तत्त्व है? (ग) समस्त जीवित प्राणियों के शरीर में जीवन की उष्णता है और (घ) सभी के हृदय में वह आत्मस्वरूप से स्थित है।भगवान् कहते हैं

Sanskrit
English
यतन्तः
striving (for perfection)
योगिनः
the Yogins
च
and
एनम्
this
पश्यन्ति
see
आत्मनि
in the Self
अवस्थितम्
dwelling
यतन्तः
striving
अपि
also
अकृतात्मानः
the unrefined
न
not
एनम्
this
पश्यन्ति
see
अचेतसः
unintelligent.
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