Verse 6.44

पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः ।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते ॥

6.44

Transliteration

pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hyavaśo'pi saḥ |

jijñāsurapi yogasya śabdabrahmātivartate ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

By that very former practice he is borne on in spite of himself. Even he who merely wishes to know Yoga goes beyond the Brahmic word.

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Word by word

by former practice
by that
very
is carried on
indeed
without choosing
even
he

a seeker
even
of yoga
the Vedic word
goes beyond

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

The force of earlier practice carries such a person forward almost involuntarily, as though pulled along by a current. Krishna adds that even one who merely wishes to know yoga goes beyond śabda-brahman, the Veda understood as words and ritual formulas. The sincere desire to know is itself powerful enough to lift a person above a purely external religion. The verse honours the beginner's longing, treating even curiosity about yoga as a real step on the path.