Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga — The Yoga of Meditation

Chapter 6, Verse 43

"Bhagavad Gita 6.43" — meaning and explanation.

Meaning

6.43 Thee he comes in touch with the knowledge acired in his former body and strives more than before for perfection, O Arjuna.

।।6.43।। हे कुरुनन्दन ! वह पुरुष वहाँ पूर्व देह में प्राप्त किये गये ज्ञान से सम्पन्न होकर योगसंसिद्धि के लिए उससे भी अधिक प्रयत्न करता है।।

Explanation

6.43 तत्र there? तम् that? बुद्धिसंयोगम् union with knowledge? लभते obtains? पौर्वदेहिकम् acired in his fomer body? यतते strives? च and? ततः than that? भूयः more? संसिद्धौ for perfection? कुरुनन्दन O son of the Kurus.Commentary When he takes a human body again in this world his previous exertions and practice in the path of Yoga are not wasted. They bear full fruit now? and hasten his moral and spiritual evolution.Our thoughts and actions are left in our subconscious minds in the form of subtle Samskaras or impressions. Our experiences in the shape of Samskaras? habits and tendencies are also stored up in our subconscious mind. These Samskaras of the past birth are revivified and reenergised in the next birth. The Samskaras of Yogic practices and meditation and the Yogic tendencies will compel the spiritual aspirant to strive with greater vigour than that with which he attempted in the former birth. He will endeavour more strenuously to get more spiritual experiences and to attain to higher planes of realisation than those acired in his previous birth.

Life Lesson

Study Bhagavad Gita 6.43 slowly, then express its central teaching through one thoughtful action in daily life.

Context

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6, verse 43, from Krishna's dialogue with Arjuna at Kurukshetra.

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