Verse 6

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रत्याहारस्तथा ध्यानं प्राणायामोऽथ धारणा । तर्कश्चैव समाधिश्च षडङ्गो योग उच्यते ॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्रत्याहारः । तथा । ध्यानम् । प्राणायामः । अथ । धारणा । तर्कः । च । एव । समाधिः । च । षट्-अङ्गः । योगः । उच्यते ॥६॥

IAST Transliteration

pratyāhāras tathā dhyānaṃ prāṇāyāmo ’tha dhāraṇā | tarkaś caiva samādhiś ca ṣaḍaṅgo yoga ucyate ||6||

Translation

سحبُ الحواسّ إلى الداخل (براتياهارا)، وكذلك التأمّل (دهْيانا)، وضبطُ النَّفَس (براناياما)، ثم تثبيتُ الذهن (دهارانا)؛ ومعه التحقيقُ العقلي (تاركا) والسَّمادهي—فهذا يُسمّى اليوغا ذاتَ الأعضاء الستّة.

Academic Translation

Withdrawal (of the senses), likewise meditation, breath-restraint, then concentration; and also inquiry (tarka) and samādhi—this is said to be yoga with six limbs.

Verse Context

• Moksha (via Yoga leading to Atman-realization)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: the sixfold yoga is presented as a preparatory discipline (sādhana) for realizing the import of mahāvākyas such as ‘tat tvam asi’ and ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)