Bhagavad-gītā As it Is — Bhagavad-gītā Como Ele É EM PROCESSO << 6 - Dhyāna-yoga >> << 6 - Dhyāna-yoga >> << VERSE 11-12 — VERSO 11-12 >> शुचौ देशे परतिष्ठाप्य सथिरम आसनम आत्मनः नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशॊत्तरम तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद यॊगम आत्मविशुद्धये śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ nāty-ucchritaṁ nāti-nīcaṁ cailājina-kuśottaram tatraikāgraṁ manaḥ kṛtvā yata-cittendriya-kriyaḥ upaviśyāsane yuñjyād yogam ātma-viśuddhaye WORD BY WORD — PALAVRA POR PALAVRA śucau in a sanctified deśe land pratiṣṭhāpya placing sthiram firm āsanam seat ātmanaḥ his own na not ati too ucchritam high na nor ati too nīcam low caila-ajina of soft cloth and deerskin kuśa and kuśa grass uttaram covering tatra thereupon eka-agram with one attention manaḥ mind kṛtvā making yata-citta controlling the mind indriya senses kriyaḥ and activities upaviśya sitting āsane on the seat yuñjyāt should execute yogam yoga practice ātma the heart viśuddhaye for clarifying TRANSLATION — TRADUÇÃO To practice yoga, one should go to a secluded place and should lay kuśa grass on the ground and then cover it with a deerskin and a soft cloth. The seat should be neither too high nor too low and should be situated in a sacred place. The yogī should then sit on it very firmly and practice yoga to purify the heart by controlling his mind, senses and activities and fixing the mind on one point. Para praticar yoga, é necessário dirigir-se a um lugar isolado e forrar o chão com grama kuśa, e depois, cobri-la com a pele de um veado e um pano macio. O assento não deve ser nem muito alto nem muito baixo e deve estar situado num lugar sagrado. O yogī deve então sentar-se nele mui firmemente e praticar yoga para purificar o coração, controlando a mente, os sentidos e as atividades, e fixando a mente num único ponto. PURPORT — SIGNIFICADO “Sacred place” refers to places of pilgrimage. In India the yogīs – the transcendentalists or the devotees – all leave home and reside in sacred places such as Prayāga, Mathurā, Vṛndāvana, Hṛṣīkeśa and Hardwar and in solitude practice yoga where the sacred rivers like the Yamunā and the Ganges flow. But often this is not possible, especially for Westerners. The so-called yoga societies in big cities may be successful in earning material benefit, but they are not at all suitable for the actual practice of yoga. One who is not self-controlled and whose mind is not undisturbed cannot practice meditation. Therefore, in the Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa it is said that in Kali-yuga (the present yuga, or age), when people in general are short-lived, slow in spiritual realization and always disturbed by various anxieties, the best means of spiritual realization is chanting the holy name of the Lord. harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā “In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.” << Previous Verso — Verso anterior | Next Verse — Próximo >>

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