Verse 6.8
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः ।
युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ॥
Transliteration
jñānavijñānatṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ |
yukta ityucyate yogī samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
The Yogi who is satisfied with the knowledge and the wisdom (of the Self), who has conered the senses, and to whom a clod of earth, a piece of stone and gold are the same, is said to be harmonied (i.e., is said to have attained Nirvikalpa Samadhi).
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The yogi whose self is content with knowledge and realized knowledge, who stands unshaken like an anvil, whose senses are mastered, and to whom a clod, a stone and gold are the same, is called joined in yoga.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
The yogi who is truly joined is described in a series of images. His self is satisfied with knowledge (jñāna) and with realized knowledge (vijñāna), the understanding that has become direct experience. He is kūṭastha, steady like an anvil that stays fixed while the metal on it is struck and shaped. His senses are mastered, and a lump of earth, a stone and a piece of gold are the same to him. The verse does not ask the yogi to misjudge value, but to be free of greed and aversion towards things.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08