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Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga (Atma-samyama Yoga)Chapter 6, Shloka 7 (6.7)

Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्

जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः
॥ 6.7 ॥

jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ
śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

Translation

"For one who has conquered the mind and is serene, the supreme self remains composed (steadily manifest) even in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honour and dishonour."

Interpretation

"Paramātmā samāhitaḥ" — two readings.

Shankaracharya. Jitātmanaḥ … praśāntasya prasannāntaḥkaraṇasya sataḥ saṃnyāsinaḥ paramātmā samāhitaḥ sākṣād ātma-bhāvena vartate — for the self-conquered renunciate with a serene mind, the supreme self is present directly as their own self. And such a person samaḥ syāt — should remain even in all the pairs of opposites. Here mānāpamānayoḥ = pūjā-paribhavayoḥ — worship and contempt.

Acharya Ramanuja — "paramātmā" here is the individual self. Jita-manasaḥ vikāra-rahita-manasaḥ praśāntasya manasi paramātmā samāhitaḥ samyag āhitaḥ — in a calm mind free of agitation, the "paramatma" is well established. Then an important position: svarūpeṇa avasthitaḥ pratyag-ātmā atra paramātmā ity ucyate — here "paramatma" means the inner self (the jiva) established in its own nature, because tasya eva prakṛtatvāt — the context is about it, and pūrva-pūrvāvasthāpekṣayā paramātmatvāt — compared with its earlier states, it is "supreme". An alternative: ātmā paraṃ samāhita iti vā — "the self is fully composed" — "param" can also be read as an adverb.

The difference (philosophical): Shankara — the jiva and the paramatma are one, so "paramatma" directly; Ramanuja — the context is the vision of the self, so here "paramatma" = the pure individual self (not Ishvara).

AI-assisted draft translation — under review.

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