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1Remember who is speaking. Kṛṣṇa is speaking. Take the verse as He directs.
2Say the verse and its words. Read the Sanskrit, then each word with its meaning.
3Read the translation as it is. Let the translation say what it says, without adding your own meaning.
4Read the purport. Hear the verse through the disciplic succession.
5Bring your own question. Ask: where does this verse meet my life, my trouble, my doubt?
6Act on it, remembering Kṛṣṇa. Carry one instruction into your work today.

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Mind & yogaChapter 6 · Dhyāna-yoga

6.26 6.28

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 6.27

Samādhi and a steadily controlled mind

Īśvara · God

प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम् ।

उपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम् ॥ २७ ॥

praśānta-manasaṁ hy enaṁ

yoginaṁ sukham uttamam

upaiti śānta-rajasaṁ

brahma-bhūtam akalmaṣam

Translation

The yogī whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest perfection of transcendental happiness. He is beyond the mode of passion, he realizes his qualitative identity with the Supreme, and thus he is freed from all reactions to past deeds.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

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What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

3 study points

Happiness in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness

1
The yogī whose mind is fixed on Kṛṣṇa attains the highest spiritual happiness, rises beyond passion, and is freed from reactions to past deeds.
2
Prabhupāda explains that true liberation means freedom from material contamination through constant loving service to the Lord.
3
Keep your mind fixed on Kṛṣṇa and remain engaged in His loving service.

Key points from the purport

Brahma-bhuta platform — Gradually one will experience:

Transcendental happiness

Freedom from the modes of material nature and sinful reactions

Realizes the self (qualitative oneness with the Supreme)

Definition of Brahma-bhuta platform — It is the state of being free from material contamination and situated in the transcendental service of the Lord

Ref. Bg. 18.54 “mad-bhaktim labhate...”

How one can become fixed in the quality of Brahman — One should fix one’s mind on the lotus feet of the Lord

Krishna consciousness offers the same benefits

Two benefits of always engaging in transcendental loving service

To be factually liberated from the mode of passion

Freedom from all material contamination

LINK BETWEEN TEXTS 6.27 & 6.28: In Texts 6.28 — 6.32, Krishna explains that the perfection of yoga is realizing the Supersoul

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Texts 6.26 & 6.27

In text 6.26 Krishna uses three adjectives to describe the mind. Niscalati (wandering), cancalam (flickering) and asthiram (unsteady). By steady intelligence the yogi must overcome all those mental tendencies. He cannot indulge his mind and gratify his senses. He must know for certain that yielding to the mind will destroy his tranquility. Rather, he should be fixed in the Self, not in his thoughts, which may be influenced by his previous passionate conditioning