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Bhagavad-gītā 6.7
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 7
- जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः ।
- शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः ॥७॥
- jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya
- paramātmā samāhitaḥ
- śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu
- tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
jitaof one who has conquered his mind-ātmanaḥof one who has conquered his mind — of one who has conquered his mind; praśāntasyawho has attained tranquillity by such control over the mind — who has attained tranquillity by such control over the mind; paramathe Supersoul-ātmāthe Supersoul — the Supersoul; samāhitaḥapproached completely — approached completely; śītain cold — in cold; uṣṇaheat — heat; sukhahappiness — happiness; duḥkheṣuand distress — and distress; tathāalso — also; mānain honor — in honor; apamānayoḥand dishonor — and dishonor.
For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquillity. To such a man happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same.
Actually, every living entity is intended to abide by the dictation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seated in everyone's heart as Paramātmā. When the mind is misled by the external, illusory energy, one becomes entangled in material activities. Therefore, as soon as one's mind is controlled through one of the yoga systems, one should be considered to have already reached the destination. One has to abide by superior dictation. When one's mind is fixed on the superior nature, he has no alternative but to follow the dictation of the Supreme. The mind must admit some superior dictation and follow it. The effect of controlling the mind is that one automatically follows the dictation of the Paramātmā, or Supersoul. Because this transcendental position is at once achieved by one who is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the devotee of the Lord is unaffected by the dualities of material existence, namely distress and happiness, cold and heat, etc. This state is practical samādhi, or absorption in the Supreme.