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अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्। एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।

atha vā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām etad dhi durlabhataraṁ loke janma yad īdṛiśham

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 42
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Or he is born in a family of even the wisest of yogis; verily, such a birth is very difficult to obtain in this world.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: or one might be born into a family of wise yogis, though such a birth is rare and difficult to obtain in this world, adding a second, even more specific favorable outcome for someone who fell short before.

In life: it's worth noticing how thoroughly this section is designed to remove fear from an incomplete attempt, offering not one but two positive continuations.

Teaching: if you're currently mid-attempt at something difficult and uncertain you'll finish, remember that even a partial, sincere effort is being treated here as valuable, not wasted, in either outcome described.

atha vāelse
yogināmof those endowed with divine wisdom
evacertainly
kulein the family
bhavatitake birth
dhī-matāmof the wise
etatthis
hicertainly
durlabha-taramvery rare
lokein this world
janmabirth
yatwhich
īdṛiśhamlike this

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.42 अथवा or? योगिनाम् of Yogis? एव even? कुले in the family? भवति is born? धीमताम् of the wise? एतत् this?,हि verily? दुर्लभतरम् very difficult? लोके in the world? जन्म birth? यत् which? ईदृशम् like this.Commentary A birth in a family of wise Yogis is more difficult to obtain than the one mentioned in the preceding verse.