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| Chapter 6: Dhyana-yoga |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 6.27
SYNONYMS
prasanta -- peaceful, fixed on the lotus feet of Krishna; manasam -- whose mind; hi -- certainly; enam -- this; yoginam -- yogi; sukham -- happiness; uttamam -- the highest; upaiti -- attains; santa-rajasam -- his passion pacified; brahma-bhutam -- liberation by identification with the Absolute; akalmasham -- freed from all past sinful reactions.
TRANSLATION
The yogi whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest perfection of transcendental happiness. He is beyond the mode of passion, he realizes his qualitative identity with the Supreme, and thus he is freed from all reactions to past deeds.
PURPORT
Brahma-bhuta is the state of being free from material contamination and situated in the transcendental service of the Lord. Mad-bhaktim labhate param (Bg. 18.54). One cannot remain in the quality of Brahman, the Absolute, until one's mind is fixed on the lotus feet of the Lord. Sa vai manah krishna-padaravindayoh. To be always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, or to remain in Krishna consciousness, is to be factually liberated from the mode of passion and all material contamination.
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