Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 43
Chapter 6
Verse 44 of 47
Verse 45
Verse 6.44
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्यियते ह्रवशोऽपि सः। जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्राहृातिवर्तते ॥6.44॥
6.44 pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hy avaśo ‘pi saḥ jijñāsur api yogasya śabdabrahmātivartate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

For by that former practice itself, he is carried along even helplessly. Even a desirer of knowing discipline (yoga), passes beyond the Brahman of words (Vedas).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Carried by the force of his previous practice, a man who seeks to learn discipline passes beyond sacred lore that expresses the infinite spirit in words.

ZaehnerJesuit

(44) By [the force of] that same struggle he had waged in former times he is carried away though helpless [of himself] ; for even he who only wants to know what integration is, transcends that 'Brahman' which is [no more than] wordy riles.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

6.44 For, by that very past practice, he is carried forward even in spite of himself! Even a seeker of Yoga transcends the result of the performance of Vedic rituals!

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

6.44 By the power of his earlier practice, he is carried forward even against his will. Even though he is an enquirer about Yoga, he transcends the Śabda-brahman i.e., Prakṛti or matter.

SivanandaVedanta

6.44 By that very former practice he is borne on in spite of himself. Even he who merely wishes to know Yoga goes beyond the Brahmic word.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 43
Chapter 6
Verse 44 of 47
Verse 45