Gita Verse 6.3

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verse 3

Sanskrit Verse

आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते।

योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते।।6.3।।

Transliteration

ārurukṣhor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam uchyate

yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śhamaḥ kāraṇam uchyate

Word meanings

ārurukṣhoḥ—a beginner; muneḥ—of a sage; yogam—Yog; karma—working without attachment; kāraṇam—the cause; uchyate—is said; yoga ārūḍhasya—of those who are elevated in Yog; tasya—their; eva—certainly; śhamaḥ—meditation; kāraṇam—the cause; uchyate—is said

Swami Sivananda's translation

For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage who has attained Yoga, inaction is said to be the means.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 6