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

Zurückziehen der Sinne (pratyāhāra), ebenso Meditation (dhyāna), Atemlenkung (prāṇāyāma), dann Sammlung (dhāraṇā); ferner Untersuchung/Ergründung (tarka) und samādhi—dies wird als Yoga mit sechs Gliedern bezeichnet.

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)