Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.23
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.23 · 6 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
।।6.23।। तं विद्यात् विजानीयात् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं दुःखैः संयोगः दुःखसंयोगः तेन वियोगः दुःखसंयोगवियोगः तं दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योग इत्येव संज्ञितं विपरीतलक्षणेन विद्यात् विजानीयादित्यर्थः। योगफलमुपसंहृत्य पुनरन्वारम्भेण योगस्य कर्तव्यता उच्यते निश्चयानिर्वेदयोः योगसाधनत्वविधानार्थम्। स यथोक्तफलो योगः निश्चयेन अध्यवसायेन योक्तव्यः अनिर्विण्णचेतसा न निर्विण्णम् अनिर्विण्णम्। किं तत् चेतः तेन निर्वेदरहितेन चेतसा चित्तेनेत्यर्थः।।किञ्च
6.23 Vidyat, one should know; tat, that; duhkha-samyoga-viyogam, severance (viyoga) of contact (samyoga) with sorrow (duhkha); to be verily yoga-sanjnitam, what is called Yoga-i.e. oen should know it through a negative definition. After concluding the topic of the result of Yoga, the need for pursuing Yoga is again being spoken of in another way in order to enjoin 'preservance' and 'freedom from depression' as the disciplines for Yoga: Sah, that; yogah, Yoga, which has the results as stated above; yoktavyah, has to be practised; niscayena, with perservance; and anirvinnacetasa, with an undepressed heart. That which is not (a) depressed (nirvinnam) is anirvinnam. What is that? The heart. (One has to practise Yoga) with that heart which is free from depression. This is the meaning. Again,