ആരുരുക്ഷോര്മുനേര്യോഗം കര്മ കാരണമുച്യതേ യോഗാരൂഢസ്യ തസ്യൈവ ശമഃ കാരണമുച്യതേ
ārurukṣormuneryogaṃ karma kāraṇamucyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate
Malayalam Translation
കര്മ്മയോഗത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുവാനിച്ഛിക്കുന്ന മുനിക്ക് കര്മ്മം മാര്ഗ്ഗമെന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്നു. പിന്നീട് യോഗസിദ്ധി നേടിക്കഴിഞ്ഞ അവന് ശമം കാരണമെന്നും പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.
Explanation · English
For a man who cannot practise meditation for a long time and who is not able to keep his mind steady in meditation? action is a means to get himself enthroned in Yoga. Action purifies his mind and makes the mind fit for the practice of steady meditation. Action leads to steady concentration and meditation.For the sage who is enthroned in Yoga? Sama or renunciation of actions is said to be the means.The more perfectly he abstains from actions? the more steady his mind is? and the more peaceful,he is? the more easily and thoroughly does his mind get fixed in the Self. For a Brahmana there is no wealth like unto the knowledge of oneness and homogeneity (of the Self in all beings)? truthfulness? good character? steadiness? harmlessness? straightforwardness and renunciation of all actions. (Mahabharata? Santi Parva? 175.38)