Dhyāna Yoga

6.42

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Sanskrit · Devanagari

अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्। एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम् ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

athavā yogināmeva kule bhavati dhīmatām etaddhi durlabhataraṃ loke janma yadīdṛśam

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882
and is afterwards born into a family of holy and illustrious men. Or he is even born into a family of talented devotees for such a birth as that in this world is more difficult to obtain.

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Commentary · Sanskrit

Śaṅkarācārya

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।।6.42।। अथवा श्रीमतां कुलात् अन्यस्मिन् योगिनामेव दरिद्राणां कुले भवति जायते धीमतां बुद्धिमताम्। एतत् हि जन्म यत् दरिद्राणां योगिनां कुले दुर्लभतरं दुःखलभ्यतरं पूर्वमपेक्ष्य लोके जन्म यत् ईदृशं यथोक्तविशेषणे कुले।।यस्मात्

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Translation · English

Rāmānuja

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6.42 If one swerves from the right path at an advanced stage of Yoga, he will be born in a family of wise Yogins who practise Yoga and are themselves capable of teaching Yoga. Thus, these two types of birth - one in the family of those who are fit to practise Yoga and the other in that of accomplished Yogins - are hardly met with among common people in this world. But Yoga is of such great potentiality that even this rare blessing is achieved through it.

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Commentary · English

Swami Sivananda

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6.42 अथवा or? योगिनाम् of Yogis? एव even? कुले in the family? भवति is born? धीमताम् of the wise? एतत् this?,हि verily? दुर्लभतरम् very difficult? लोके in the world? जन्म birth? यत् which? ईदृशम् like this.Commentary A birth in a family of wise Yogis is more difficult to obtain than the one mentioned in the preceding verse.

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telang-1882 · Chapter 6; aligned against BG6.42
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