THE HOLY GITA, CHAPTER NUMBER 06, DHYANA YOGA OR THE YOGA OF MEDITATION, VERSE NUMBER 42

THE HOLY GITA

CHAPTER NUMBER 06

DHYANA YOGA OR THE YOGA OF MEDITATION:

VERSE NUMBER 42

Text in Transliteration:

athavaa yoginaam eva kule bhavati dheemataam

etadd hi durlabhataram loke janma yad eedrsam

Text in English:

Or he is born in a family of wise yogis only; a birth like this is verily very difficult to obtain in this world.

COMMENTARY BY SWAMI SIDBHAVANANDA:

Yoga continues to be practised birth after birth until perfection is reached. The environment of the parentage obtained for this purpose is necessarily congenial. Of the two types of favourable families, that of the wise yogis is superior to that of the pure and prosperous.

COMMENTARY BY SWAMI SIVANANDA:

A birth in a family of wise Yogis is more difficult to obtain that the one mentioned in the preceding verse.

Comments by the blogger:

What is the difference between the previous verse and this verse? The answer is that the yogi who fell from his path as mentioned in the present verse merits higher than the one mentioned in the previous verse. Though both the yogis fell short of regular practice of meditation, the meditational efforts put forth by the half-baked yogi mentioned in the present verse is higher and thus apart from the stint in Heaven he takes birth in a family of even wise Yogis.