Maa Kali dressed with lights, flowers, and the scythe of the shrine.

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Bhagavad Gītā 2.48 (vulgate)

Bhagavad Gītā 2.48 (vulgate)

Bhagavad Gītā 2.48 (vulgate)

Canonical source text

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय । सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥

IAST transliteration

yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya | siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||

Close translation

Established in yoga, perform actions having given up clinging, Dhanañjaya. Having become even in success and failure, evenness is called yoga.

Reader-friendly meaning

Yoga here is named as evenness while the hands keep working.

Meenananda editorial explanation

Kirtan after labour is this evenness made audible.

Word meanings

  • योगस्थः — established in yoga
  • समत्वम् — evenness

Gītā 2.48, eighteen-chapter vulgate. Sanskrit: public domain. Foundation translations: CC BY-SA 4.0.