Sanskrit · Devanagari
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः। युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
jñānavijñānatṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ yukta ityucyate yogī samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882The devotee whose self is contented with knowledge and experience who is unmoved who has restrained his senses and to whom a sod a stone and gold are alike is said to be devoted. And he is esteemed highest who thinks alike about well-wishers
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।6.8।। ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा ज्ञानं शास्त्रोक्तपदार्थानां परिज्ञानम् विज्ञानं तु शास्त्रतो ज्ञातानां तथैव स्वानुभवकरणम् ताभ्यां ज्ञानविज्ञानाभ्यां तृप्तः संजातालंप्रत्ययः आत्मा अन्तःकरणं यस्य सः ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थः अप्रकम्प्यः भवति इत्यर्थः विजितेन्द्रियश्च। य ईदृशः युक्तः समाहितः इति स उच्यते कथ्यते। स योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः लोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनानि समानि यस्य सः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।।किञ्च
75fba7a2d043…Rāmānuja
6.8 That Karma Yogin whose mind is content with the knowledge of the self and the knowledge of the difference, i.e., whose mind is content with the knowledge concerning the real nature of the self as well as with the knowledge of the difference of Its nature from Prakrti; 'who is established in the self' (Kutasthah), i.e., who remains as the self which is of the uniform nature of knowledge in all stages of evolution as men, gods etc. whose senses are therefore subdued; and to whom 'earth, stone and gold are of eal value' because of his lack of interest in any material objects of enjoyment on account of his intense earnestness to know the real nature of the self as different from Prakrti - he, that Karma Yogi, is called integrated i.e., fit for the practice of Yoga which is of the nature of the vision of the self. And also.
e12d9777f1b4…Swami Sivananda
6.8 ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा one who is satisfied with knowledge and wisdom (Selfrealisation)? कूटस्थः unshaken? विजितेन्द्रियः who has conered the senses? युक्तः united or harmonised? इति thus? उच्यते is said? योगी Yogi? समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः one to whom a lump of earth? a stone and gold are the same.Commentary Jnana is ParokshaJnana or theoretical knowledge from the study of the scriptures. Vijnana is Visesha Jnana or Aparoksha Jnana? i.e.? direct knowledge of the Self through Selfrealisation (spiritual experience or Anubhava).Kutastha means changeless like the anvil. Various kinds of iron pieces are hammered and shaped on the anvil? but the anvil remains unchanged. Even so the Yogi remains unshaken or unchanged or unaffected though he comes in contact with the senseobjects. So he is called Kutastha. Kutastha is another name of Brahman? the silent witness of the mind. (Cf.V.18VI.18)
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