Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 12.9
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 12.9 · 12 · Verse 9
Sanskrit Original
।।12.9।। --,अथ एवं यथा अवोचं तथा मयि चित्तं समाधातुं स्थापयितुं स्थिरम् अचलं न शक्नोषि चेत्? ततः पश्चात् अभ्यासयोगेन? चित्तस्य एकस्मिन् आलम्बने सर्वतः समाहृत्य पुनः पुनः स्थापनम् अभ्यासः? तत्पूर्वको योगः समाधानलक्षणः तेन अभ्यासयोगेन मां विश्वरूपम् इच्छ प्रार्थयस्व आप्तुं प्राप्तुं हे धनंजय।।
12.9 Atha, if, however; na saknosi, you are unable; samadhatum, to establish, in this way as I have described; cittam, the mind; sthiram, steadily, unwaveringly; mayi, on Me; tatah, then; O Dhananjaya, iccha, seek, pray; aptum, to attain; mam, Me, as the Cosmic person; abhyasa-yogena, through the Yoga of Practice. Practice consists in repeatedly fixing the mind on a single object by withdrawing it from everything else. The yoga following from this, and consisting in concentration of the mind, is abhyasa-yoga.