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Chapter 6

Chapter 6 · Verse 47

Dhyana Yoga

ध्यानयोग

योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना | श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः ||६-४७||

yogināmapi sarveṣāṃ madgatenāntarātmanā . śraddhāvānbhajate yo māṃ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ ||6-47||

In plain words

Among all Yogis He who worships Me the Absolute is superior to those who worship the lesser gods such as the Vasus. Rudra. Aditya etc.

Translation

6.47 He who with faith worships Me, whose inmost self is fixed in Me, I consider him as the greatest of the Yogins.

Meaning

Among all Yogis He who worships Me the Absolute is superior to those who worship the lesser gods such as the Vasus. Rudra. Aditya etc. The inner self merged in Me The mind absorbed in Me (Cf. VI.32) (This chapter is known by the names Atmasamyama Yoga and Adhyatma Yoga also.) Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita the science of the Eternal the scripture of Yoga the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna ends the sixth discourse entitledThe Yoga of Meditation.

Word by word

योगिनाम् of Yogis अपि even सर्वेषाम् of all मद्गतेन merged in Me अन्तरात्मना with inner Self श्रद्धावान् endowed with faith भजते worships यः who माम् Me सः he मे to Me युक्ततमः most devout मतः is deemed.