Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation: Verse 8
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रिय: ।
युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चन: ॥
jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriya:
yukta ity-ucyate yogī sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcana: – 6.8
The yogi, who is content with knowledge and realization, unshakeable like the blacksmith’s anvil, whose senses are under control, and who looks at a lump of earth, a stone and gold with equal vision, is called spiritually integrated.
Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation - Verse 8
Ma Gurupriya
Krishna again stresses sense-control, as through senses alone one courts attraction and repulsion to objects. Spiritual pursuit triumphs only with sense control.
Mind makes the senses act, intelligence guides the mind. Spiritual enrichment must hence include our inner layers also. Contented mind alone can be free of the pressures of the sense-object contacts.
By knowledge and realization the seeker must gain ample contentment. The contentment external objects seemingly bring, will be trifling and fleeting. But the one bestowed by knowledge and realization will be lasting. Enlightened intelligence will provide stability like that of an anvil, which bears the blacksmith’s countless hits.
For the yogi, a lump of earth, stone and gold are alike. Each has its own distinct utility. Nothing deserves a greater regard or attraction. All the three are equally necessary for us.
