Chapter 6 · The Yoga of Meditation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 6.3

आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शम: कारणमुच्यते

ārurukṣhor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam uchyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śhamaḥ kāraṇam uchyate

Recitation · Text 6.3
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

A ladder with two rungs, and the same word for both. For the sage still climbing toward yoga, work is called the means; for the one already established in it, stillness is called the means. The instruction changes with where you actually stand.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Climbing and having arrived need opposite instructions — work, then stillness.