Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.10
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.10 · 6 · Verse 10
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।।6.10।। योगी ध्यायी युञ्जीत समादध्यात् सततं सर्वदा आत्मानम् अन्तःकरणं रहसि एकान्ते गिरिगुहादौ स्थितः सन् एकाकी असहायः। रहसि स्थितः एकाकी च इति विशेषणात् संन्यासं कृत्वा इत्यर्थः। यतचित्तात्मा चित्तम् अन्तःकरणम् आत्मा देहश्च संयतौ यस्य सः यतचित्तात्मा निराशीः वीततृष्णः अपरिग्रहः परिग्रहरहितश्चेत्यर्थः। संन्यासित्वेऽपि त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः सन् युञ्जीत इत्यर्थः।।अथेदानीं योगं युञ्जतः आसनाहारविहारादीनां योगसाधनत्वेन नियमो वक्तव्यः प्राप्तयोगस्य लक्षणं तत्फलादि च इत्यत आरभ्यते। तत्र आसनमेव तावत् प्रथममुच्यते
6.10 A yogi, a man of meditation; satatam yunjita, should constantly concentrate; atmanam, his mind; sthitah, by staying; rahasi, in a solitary place, in mountain caves etc.; ekaki, alone, without any companion; yata-citta-atma, with mind and body controlled; nirasih, without expectations, free from hankering; and aparigrahah, free from acisition. From the uise of the alifying words, 'in a solitary place' and 'alone', it follows that (he has to undertake all these) after espousing monasticism. And even after renunciation, he should concentrate his mind by desisting from all acisition. This is the meaning. Now then have to be stated the rules regarding seat, food, movements, etc. as disciplines for yoga in the case of one practising concentration; as also the signs of one who has succeeded in Yoga, and the conseent result etc. Hence this is begun. Among these, the seat is being first spoken of: