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Aligning Consciousness

Ch 6Verse 8
Adhyāya 6 Shloka 8

ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रिय: | युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चन: || ८ ||

jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptātmā kūṭa-stho vijitendriyaḥ | yukta ity ucyate yogī sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ || 8 ||

"A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogi [or mystic] when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. He sees everything—whether it be pebbles, stones or gold—as the same."

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The Direct Meaning

Krishna expands the diagnostic criteria of the master. A person is definitively called a 'Yogi' who is united with the Divine (yukta ity ucyate yogī) when their soul is completely and utterly satisfied (tṛptātmā) by both theoretical knowledge (jñāna) and direct, experiential realization (vijñāna). This person is absolutely unshaken, like an anvil or a mountain peak (kūṭa-stho), and has totally conquered their senses (vijitendriyaḥ). Finally, Krishna gives the economic proof: to this person, a clod of dirt (loṣṭa), a stone (aśma), and solid gold (kāñcanaḥ) are all seen as exactly the same (sama).

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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