Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम् ।
उपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम् ॥२७॥
praśānta-manasaṁ hy enaṁ
yoginaṁ sukham uttamam
upaiti śānta-rajasaṁ
brahma-bhūtam akalmaṣam
Word for word (synonyms)
- praśānta
- mind fixed on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa
- manasam
- of one whose mind is so fixed
- hi
- certainly
- enam
- this
- yoginam
- the *yogī*
- sukham
- happiness
- uttamam
- the highest
- upaiti
- attains
- śānta-rajasam
- pacified passion
- brahma-bhūtam
- liberated by identification with the Absolute
- akalmaṣam
- freed from all past sinful reaction
Translation
The yogī whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest happiness. By virtue of his identity with Brahman, he is liberated; his mind is peaceful, his passions are quieted, and he is freed from sin.
Defined in the Gītā
Yogī
Who is a real yogī?
The Blessed Lord said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic: not he who lights no fire and performs no work.
Happiness
What is real happiness?
O best of the Bhāratas, now please hear from Me about the three kinds of happiness which the conditioned soul enjoys, and by which he sometimes comes to the end of all distress. That which in the beginning may be just like poison but at the end is just like nectar and which awakens one to self-realization is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness.
Purport
Brahma-bhūta is the state of being free from material contamination and situated in the transcendental service of the Lord. Mad-bhaktim labhate parām [[bg/18/54|(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 manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ. To be always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, or to remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is to be factually liberated from the mode of passion and all material contamination.
What this verse teaches
Brahma-bhūta platform (Realizing ātma)
- Themes
- Self-control
In thematic compilations 1
- The yogī whose mind is fixed on Kṛṣṇa verily attains the highest perfection of transcendental happiness and rises above the modes and is freed from all reactions to past deeds (6.27 praśānta-manasaṁ hy enaṁ.)
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 2
- Bhagavad-gītā 6.21–27 1966-09-14 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 6.25–29 [Sāṅkhya Yoga System] 1969-02-18 · Los Angeles
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