॥ Om Sri Paramadmane Nama:॥ Ada Shashtho’dhyaayah:। Atma Samyama Yoga (The art of meditation)

Sri Bhagavan Uvacha।

anasritah karma-phalam karyam karma karoti yah। sa sannyasi cha yogi cha na niragnir na chakriyah॥ 6.1 ॥

Sri Bhagavan said:One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no duty.

yam sannyasam iti prahur yogam tam viddhi pandava। na hy asannyasta-sankalpo yogi bhavati kaschana॥ 6.2 ॥

What is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the God, O son of Pandu, for one can never become a yogi unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification.

aruruksor muner yogam karma karanam ucyate। yogarudhasya tasyaiva samah karanam ucyate॥ 6.3 ॥

For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who is already elevated in yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means.

yada hi nendriyarthesu na karmasv anusajjate। sarva-sankalpa-sannyasi yogarudhas tadocyate॥ 6.4 ॥

A human being is said to be elevated in yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitlike activities.

uddhared atmanatmanam natmanam avasadayet। atmaiva hy atmano bandhur atmaiva ripur atmanah॥ 6.5 ॥

One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.

bandhur atmatmanas tasya yenatmaivatmana jitah। anatmanas tu satrutve vartetatmaiva satru-vat॥ 6.6 ॥

For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy.