Shloka 7
अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
सम्बन्ध--जिसने मन और इन्द्रियॉंसहित शरीरको जीत लिया है
jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ | śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ ||
Para sa taong nagtagumpay sa sarili—na ang loob ay payapa at disiplinado—ang Kataas-taasang Sarili (Paramātman) ay matatag na nakatatag sa kanyang kamalayan. Sa lamig at init, sa ligaya at sakit, gayundin sa dangal at kahihiyan, nananatili siyang panatag sa kalooban; kaya siya’y nananahan sa matibay na espirituwal na pag-iisa, hindi hinihila ng mga pangyayari.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches equanimity born of self-mastery: when one has subdued mind and senses and become inwardly tranquil, the Supreme Self is firmly realized/established; external opposites like pleasure–pain and honor–dishonor no longer disturb one’s inner steadiness.
In the Gītā’s teaching on yoga and self-discipline, Kṛṣṇa describes the mark of a self-controlled person. Arjuna is the interlocutor in the dialogue, and the instruction highlights the yogin’s stability amid the battlefield’s pressures and life’s changing conditions.