Quiz · 6.10–6.32
How the mind is held
Cover the answer. Read the Devanagari of the verse before you open it.
1
In 6.11, pratiṣṭhāpya (प्रतिष्ठाप्य) means "having set up." Why is the ending --ya (य) and not --tvā (त्वा)?
Answer
The verb has a prefix, prati (प्रति). A gerund with a prefix takes --ya (य). A gerund with no prefix takes --tvā (त्वा), as kṛtvā (कृत्वा) does in 6.12. The gerund does not show person. The person is the one who sits at āsīta (आसीत) in 6.14.
2
yogaḥ asti (योगः अस्ति) in 6.16 is recited yogo 'sti (योगोऽस्ति). What happened to the visarga, and what is the ऽ marking?
Answer
Final --aḥ (अः) meeting a (अ) becomes o (ओ), and the second a (अ) is not lost. The avagraha ऽ is that dropped a (अ) still present. In roman letters the recited line is yogo 'sti (योगोऽस्ति).
3
What does 6.29 say the yogin sees?
Answer
He whose self is yoked in yoga sees the self standing in all beings and all beings in the self, his seeing the same everywhere.
4
Where does 6.10–6.32 sit in the talk, after the renunciation of 6.1–6.9 and before Arjuna objects?
Answer
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) tells him how the mind is held. Sit, hold the body, the gaze, the mind. Wherever the restless mind runs, bring it back. The stretch ends with the yogin who sees the self in all beings and all beings in the self, and who sees Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) everywhere. Arjuna has not yet said the mind will not stay.
5
Say 6.26 back. Which word fails the sitting if the mind is described as already calm?
Answer
yataḥ yataḥ niścarati manaḥ cañcalam (यतः यतः निश्चरति मनः चञ्चलम्), and from there he leads it back. If cañcalam (चञ्चलम्) comes out as a calm mind, stay on 6.26.