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BG 6.42 — 6.42 Or he is born in a family of even the wise Yogis; verily a birth like this is very difficult to obtain in this world. | Live Gita
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अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम् |
एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम् ||६-४२||

athavā yogināmeva kule bhavati dhīmatām . etaddhi durlabhataraṃ loke janma yadīdṛśam ||6-42||


।।6.42।। अथवा, (साधक) ज्ञानवान् योगियों के ही कुल में जन्म लेता है, परन्तु इस प्रकार का जन्म इस लोक में नि:संदेह अति दुर्लभ है।।

Word-by-word meanings

6.42 अथवा or? योगिनाम् of Yogis? एव even? कुले in the family? भवति is born? धीमताम् of the wise? एतत् this?,हि verily? दुर्लभतरम् very difficult? लोके in the world? जन्म birth? यत् which? ईदृशम् like this.Commentary A birth in a family of wise Yogis is more difficult to obtain than the one mentioned in the preceding verse.

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।6.42।।अथवा श्रीमानोंके कुलसे अन्य जो बुद्धिमान् दरिद्र योगियोंका कुल है उसीमें जन्म ले लेता है। परंतु ऐसा जन्म अर्थात् जो उपर्युक्त दरिद्र आदि विशेषणोंसे युक्त योगियोंके कुलमें उत्पन्न होना है वह इस लोकमें पहले बतलाये हुए श्रीमानोंके कुलमें उत्पन्न होनेकी अपेक्षा अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है।

Swami Gambirananda

6.42 Or he is born in the family of wise yogis [Persons possessing knowledge of Brahman. (S. concedes that some rare householders also can have this knowledge, and he cites the instances of Vasistha, Agastya, Janaka and Asvapati of olden days, and Vacaspati and the author of Khanada of recent times.)] only. Such a birth as is of this kind is surely more difficult to get in the world.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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