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ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः। युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।।6.8।।

jñāna-vijñāna-tṛiptātmā kūṭa-stho vijitendriyaḥ yukta ityuchyate yogī sama-loṣhṭāśhma-kāñchanaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 8
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
The Yogi who is satisfied with the knowledge and wisdom of the Self, who has conquered the senses, and to whom a clod of earth, a piece of stone, and gold are all the same, is said to have attained Nirvikalpa Samadhi.

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Why: the yogi satisfied with knowledge and experience, unwavering, with senses controlled, to whom a lump of earth, a stone, and gold are the same, is said to be established in yoga, using material value specifically as the test case for equanimity.

In life: the pull of money and material comparison is one of the strongest, most persistent sources of daily emotional swing for most people.

Teaching: notice your emotional reaction the next time you see someone else's financial success or possessions, and use that reaction as an honest gauge of where your own equanimity still needs work.

jñānaknowledge
vijñānarealized knowledge, wisdom from within
tṛipta ātmāone fully satisfied
kūṭa-sthaḥundisturbed
vijita-indriyaḥone who has conquered the senses
yuktaḥone who is in constant communion with the Supreme
itithus
uchyateis said
yogīa yogi
samalooks equally
loṣhṭrapebbles
aśhmastone
kāñchanaḥgold

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.8 ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा one who is satisfied with knowledge and wisdom (Selfrealisation)? कूटस्थः unshaken? विजितेन्द्रियः who has conered the senses? युक्तः united or harmonised? इति thus? उच्यते is said? योगी Yogi? समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः one to whom a lump of earth? a stone and gold are the same.Commentary Jnana is ParokshaJnana or theoretical knowledge from the study of the scriptures. Vijnana is Visesha Jnana or Aparoksha Jnana? i.e.? direct knowledge of the Self through Selfrealisation (spiritual experience or Anubhava).Kutastha means changeless like the anvil. Various kinds of iron pieces are hammered and shaped on the anvil? but the anvil remains unchanged. Even so the Yogi remains unshaken or unchanged or unaffected though he comes in contact with the senseobjects. So he is called Kutastha. Kutastha is another name of Brahman? the silent witness of the mind. (Cf.V.18VI.18)