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जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः। शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः।।6.7।।

jitātmanaḥ praśhāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 7
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful remains balanced in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, as well as in honor and dishonor.

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Why: the Supreme Self is attained in the self-controlled person who is peaceful, alike in heat and cold, pleasure and pain, honor and dishonor, listing very ordinary pairs of opposites most people still react strongly to.

In life: your reaction to physical discomfort, or to being praised versus ignored, is a decent daily test of how much your peace still depends on circumstances.

Teaching: pick one specific pair from this list, comfort and discomfort, praise and criticism, and practice deliberately noticing when your peace starts swinging with it.

jita-ātmanaḥone who has conquered one’s mind
praśhāntasyaof the peaceful
parama-ātmāGod
samāhitaḥsteadfast
śhītain cold
uṣhṇaheat
sukhahappiness
duḥkheṣhuand distress
tathāalso
mānain honor
apamānayoḥand dishonor

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.7 जितात्मनः of the selfcontrolled? प्रशान्तस्य of the peaceful? परमात्मा the Supreem Self? समाहितः balanced? शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु in cold and heat? pleasure and pain? तथा as also? मानापमानयोः in honour and dishonour.Commentary The selfcontrolled Yogi who is rooted in the Self keeps poise amidst the pairs of opposites (Dvandvas) or the alternating waves of cold and heat? pleasure and pain? honour and dishonour. When the Yogi has subdued his senses? when his mind is balanced and peaceful under all conditions? when he is not in the least influenced by the pairts of opposites? when he has renounced all actions? then the Highest Self really becomes his own Self. He attains to Selfrealisation. As he rests in hiw own Self? he is ever serene or tranil he is not affected by the pairs of opposites? and he stands as adamant in the face of the changing conditions of Nature.