Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verse 28 भगवद् गीता अध्याय 6 श्लोक 28 युञ्जन्नेवं सदाऽऽत्मानं योगी विगतकल्मषः। सुखेन ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्नुते।।6.28।। English Translation - Swami Gambirananda 6.28 By concentrating his mind constantly thus, the taintless yogi easily attains the absolute Bliss of contact with Brahman. English Translation - Swami Sivananda 6.28 The Yogi, always engaging the mind thus (in the practice of Yoga), freed from sins, easily enjoys the Infinite Bliss of contact with Brahman (the Eternal). English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan 6.28. Thus yoking the self always, the man of Yoga, with subdued mind, easily attains a complete union [viz.,] the Brahman. English Commentary - Swami Sivananda 6.28 युञ्जन् practising Yoga? एवम् thus? सदा always? आत्मानम् the self? योगी Yogi? विगतकल्मषः freed from sin? सुखेन easily? ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शम् caused by contact with Brahman? अत्यन्तम् infinite? सुखम् bliss? अश्नुते enjoys.Commentary By Yogic practices such as the withdrawal of the senses? concentration and meditation he loses contact with the objects of the senses and comes into contact with Brahman or the immortal Self within and thus enjoys the Infinite Bliss of Brahman.Sensual pleasures are transitory or fleeting but the bliss of Brahman is uninterrupted? undecaying and everlasting. That is the reason why one should attempt to realise the Self within.The Yogi removes the obstacles that stand in the way of obtaining union with the Lord and thus always keeps the mind steady in the Self. English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's 6.28 Sada yunjan, by constantly concentrating; atmanam, his mind; evam, thus, in the process stated; vigata-kalmasah, the taintles, sinless yogi, free from the obstacles to Yoga; sukhena, easily; asnute, attains; atayantam, absolute-that which exists by transcending limits-, supreme, unsurpassable; sukham, Bliss; of brahma-samsparsam, contact with Brahman-the Bliss that is in touch [In touch with, i.e. identified with, homogeneous with, in essential oneness with.] with the supreme Brahman. Now is being shown that result of Yoga which is the realization of identity with Brahman and which is the cause of the extinction of the whole mundane existence . [Liberation is conceived of in two ways-total cessation of sorrows, and attainment of unsurpassable Bliss.] English Translation of Commentary - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan 6.26-28 Yatah etc. upto adhigacchati. From whatever objects the mind returns, immediately after its return, let him ieten it on the Self. Otherwise, being not firmly established [in the Self], the mind would again take hold of nothing but the sense-objects. But the Bliss, assuming the roll of an agent (or subject, kartv-bhuta) comes to the object (karmabhuta), viz., the man-of-Yoga, whose mind remains ite in the Self. By this way alone the men-of-Yoga attain the Brahman easily and not by [any] difficult Yoga etc. This is the idea [here]. English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary 6.28 Thus, in the above - said manner, devoting himself to the Yoga of the self and by that means expelling all old impurities, the Yogin attains perfect, i.e., boundless felicity at all times easily, without stress and strain. The felicity is born of the contact with the Brahman (Atman), meaning the joy of experience of the Brahman. Now Sri Krsna says that the mature stage of Yoga consists of four degrees, as stated in the succeeding verses from 29th to 32nd. Commentary - Chakravarthi Ji Then, he attains success. Attaining bliss means he becomes jivan mukta. Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary Then by possessing such blessed felicity such a yogi becomes blessed and achieves easily communion with the ultimate consciousness which destroys all sins and ignorance and which in itself is infinite bliss and attains moksa or liberation from the perpetual cycle of birth and death is while still living. Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary Topics discussed in previous verses are more fully explained here by Lord Krishna. Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary Exclusively dedicated to the atma or soul the yogi or one perfecting the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion with the ultimate consciousness by dhyana or meditation is relieved from all the vast, past accumulation of sins and receives infinite bliss arising from directly experiencing contact with the atma. Lord Krishna speaks the words brahma-samsparsam which means communion with paramatma the supreme soul and ultimate consciousness, by this one becomes liberated from the material existence. The words atyantam means endless, sukham means ecstasy and asnute means easily. The yogi who gives constant attention to the transcendental inner nature reachs perfection easily. Next the four levels of mature meditation will be described in the following four verses. Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary Exclusively dedicated to the atma or soul the yogi or one perfecting the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion with the ultimate consciousness by dhyana or meditation is relieved from all the vast, past accumulation of sins and receives infinite bliss arising from directly experiencing contact with the atma. Lord Krishna speaks the words brahma-samsparsam which means communion with paramatma the supreme soul and ultimate consciousness, by this one becomes liberated from the material existence. The words atyantam means endless, sukham means ecstasy and asnute means easily. The yogi who gives constant attention to the transcendental inner nature reachs perfection easily. Next the four levels of mature meditation will be described in the following four verses. Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 6.28Yunjannevam sadaa’tmaanam yogee vigatakalmashah; Sukhena brahmasamsparsham atyantam sukham ashnute. Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 6.28yuñjan—uniting (the self with God); evam—thus; sadā—always; ātmānam—the self; yogī—a yogi; vigata—freed from; kalmaṣhaḥ—sins; sukhena—easily; brahma-sansparśham—constantly in touch with the Supreme; atyantam—the highest; sukham—bliss; aśhnute—attains