Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation: Verse 7
जितात्मन: प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहित: ।
शीतोष्णसुखदु:खेषु तथा मानापमानयो: ॥
jitātmana: praśāntasya paramātmā samāhita:
śītoṣṇa-sukha-du:kheṣu tathā mānāpamānayo: – 6.7
One who has attained the peace of self-mastery, remains steady in the supreme Self, in the midst of sukha-du:khas which are like cold and heat, as well as in honour and dishonour.
Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation - Verse 7
Ma Gurupriya
Spiritual pursuit will not be meaningful and worthy, if not linked with outward and inward restraint and sublimation. For one with ample measure of this twofold restraint, says Krishna, the supreme Self is well attained, not alone in meditational absorption, but also during his multifarious interactions. Everything and all become the Self. He experiences the Self in every object around as in his own body.
Krishna adds that the Self is equally felt in the alternating sukha-duḥkhas, which are like cold and heat.
While interacting with others, it is possible that one faces respect and ridicule, praise and blame, and such other pairs of opposites from time to time. The grace and depth of Self-realization will integrate all these, making the Knower float in his spiritual wisdom and ecstasy.
This kind of expanse is imperative to make Self-realization ceaselessly operative in all conditions.
