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| Chapter 6: Dhyana-yoga |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 6.28
yunjann evam sadatmanam
SYNONYMS
yunjan -- engaging in yoga practice; evam -- thus; sada -- always; atmanam -- the self; yogi -- one who is in touch with the Supreme Self; vigata -- freed from; kalmasah -- all material contamination; sukhena -- in transcendental happiness; brahma-samsparsam -- being in constant touch with the Supreme; atyantam -- the highest; sukham -- happiness; asnute -- attains.
TRANSLATION
Thus the self-controlled yogi, constantly engaged in yoga practice, becomes free from all material contamination and achieves the highest stage of perfect happiness in transcendental loving service to the Lord.
PURPORT
Self-realization means knowing one's constitutional position in relationship to the Supreme. The individual soul is part and parcel of the Supreme, and his position is to render transcendental service to the Lord. This transcendental contact with the Supreme is called brahma-samsparsa.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness