Word meanings
- ārurukṣoḥ
- a beginner
- muneḥ
- of a sage
- yogam
- Yog
- karma
- working without attachment
- kāraṇam
- the cause
- ucyate
- is said
- yoga ārūḍhasya
- of those who are elevated in Yog
- tasya
- their
- eva
- certainly
- śamaḥ
- meditation
- kāraṇam
- the cause
- ucyate
- is said
Translations
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.
For the sage who seeks the heights of spiritual meditation, practice is the only method, and when they have attained it, they must maintain themselves there through continual self-control.
For the sage who wishes to ascend to (Dhyana-) yoga, action is said to be the means. For that person, once he has ascended to (Dhyana-)yoga, inaction alone is said to be the means.
जो योग-(समता-) में आरूढ़ होना चाहता है, ऐसे मननशील योगीके लिये कर्तव्य-कर्म करना कारण कहा गया है और उसी योगारूढ़ मनुष्यका शम (शान्ति) परमात्मप्राप्तिमें कारण कहा गया है।Commentary
For a man who cannot practise meditation for a long time and who is not able to keep his mind steady in meditation, action is a means to get himself enthroned in Yoga. Action purifies his mind and makes the mind fit for the practice of steady meditation. Action leads to steady concentration and meditation. For the sage who is enthroned in Yoga? Sama or renunciation of actions is said to be the means. The more perfectly he abstains from actions, the more steady his mind is, and the more peaceful, he is, the more easily and thoroughly does his mind get fixed in the Self.
For a Brahmana there is no wealth like unto the knowledge of oneness and homogeneity (of the Self in all beings), truthfulness, good character, steadiness, harmlessness, straightforwardness and renunciation of all actions. (Mahabharata? Santi Parva? 175.38)