Bg. 6.28

BG 6.28

Devanagari

युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी विगतकल्मष: । सुखेन ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्न‍ुते ॥ २८ ॥

Verse text

yuṣjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī vigata-kalmaṣaḥ sukhena brahma-saṁsparśam atyantaṁ sukham aśnute

Synonyms

yuṣjan engaging in yoga practice ; evam thus ; sadā always ; ātmānam the self ; yogī one who is in touch with the Supreme Self ; vigata freed from ; kalmaṣaḥ all material contamination ; sukhena in transcendental happiness ; brahma-saṁsparśam being in constant touch with the Supreme ; atyantam the highest ; sukham happiness ; aśnute attains.

Translation

Thus the self-controlled yogī, constantly engaged in yoga practice, becomes free from all material contamination and achieves the highest stage of perfect happiness in transcendental loving service to the Lord.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

28. Thus constantly engaging his mind, the yogī, free of all sin, easily attains the intense bliss of contact with Brahman as a jīvan-mukta.

Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

28. Thus constantly experiencing ātmā, the yogī, free of all sin, easily attains the unlimited bliss of experiencing paramātmā.

Purport

Self-realization means knowing one’s constitutional position in relationship to the Supreme. The individual soul is part and parcel of the Supreme, and his position is to render transcendental service to the Lord. This transcendental contact with the Supreme is called brahma-saṁsparśa.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Then, he attains success. Attaining bliss means he becomes jīvan-mukta, liberated even in this life.

Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

After directly realizing his own ātmā, he then directly realizes the paramātmā. Experiencing his own ātmā by the yoga method described above (ātmānam yuṣjan), with all faults burned up by this method (vigata kalmasaḥ), the yogī easily (sukhena) attains the unlimited happiness (sukham), the realization of paramātmā (brahma saṁsparśam).

Surrender Unto Me

'Brahma‑samsparsam' ‑ being in constant touch with the Supreme. 'Atyantam' ‑ the highest. 'Sukham' ‑ happiness.'Asnute'‑ he attains. By practicing, free from mental, sensual engagement, other than in Krsna consciousness, in goodness, one easily contacts the Supersoul, depending upon one's desire and in this state he becomes a 'jivan‑mukta'.