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A guided meditation on this verse: settle, breathe with its meaning, rest in silence, and carry its essence into your day.
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः |
यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ||६-२२||
yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ .
yasminsthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate ||6-22||
Krishna continues: "After finding this, the yogi feels there is nothing greater to be gained. Rooted in this experience, even the heaviest sorrow cannot move them."
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यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः |
यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ||६-२२||
yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ .
yasminsthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate ||6-22||
BG 6.22
Settle
This is already in English. It appears to be a poetic rendering of a spiritual teaching about the supreme peace that transcends all worldly gains and sorrows — a peace that remains unmoved by life's turbulences. The invitation to "taste a little of it now" suggests an immediate, experiential approach to this divine tranquility. If you have a text in Sanskrit, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, or another language that you'd like me to translate, please share it and I will provide the English translation of its meaning.
The essence
Nothing gained is greater than this.
Breathe
You receive this peace You release the chase for more
Contemplate
What have you been chasing that this quiet already contains?
Take with you
Recall a moment of deep peace, and write what it gave you.