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आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते। योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते।।6.3।।

ārurukṣhor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam uchyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śhamaḥ kāraṇam uchyate

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 3
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

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Why: for a beginner seeking to reach yoga, action is the means, for one already established in yoga, stillness becomes the means, describing different tools for different stages rather than one universal method.

In life: the practice that helps you get started is often not the same practice that helps you deepen once you're already underway.

Teaching: don't assume the technique that got you started is the one you should stick with forever, be willing to shift methods as you actually progress.

ārurukṣhoḥa beginner
muneḥof a sage
yogamYog
karmaworking without attachment
kāraṇamthe cause
uchyateis said
yoga ārūḍhasyaof those who are elevated in Yog
tasyatheir
evacertainly
śhamaḥmeditation
kāraṇamthe cause
uchyateis said

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.3 आरुरुक्षोः wishing to climb? मुनेः of a Muni or sage? योगम् Yoga? कर्म action? कारणम् the cause? उच्यते is said? योगारूढस्य of one who has attained to Yoga? तस्य of him? एव even? शमः inaction (iescence)? कारणम् the cause? उच्यते is said.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)