TEXT 8

Devanagari

ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्‍तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रिय: ।
युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्ट्राश्मकाञ्चन: ॥ ८ ॥

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Tekst

jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptātmā
kūṭa-stho vijitendriyaḥ
yukta ity ucyate yogī
sama-loṣṭrāśma-kāñcanaḥ

Synonyms

jñāna — by acquired knowledge; vijñāna — and realized knowledge; tṛpta — satisfied; ātmā — a living entity; kūṭa-sthaḥ — spiritually situated; vijita-indriyaḥ — sensually controlled; yuktaḥ — competent for self-realization; iti — thus; ucyate — is said; yogī — a mystic; sama — equipoised; loṣṭra — pebbles; aśma — stone; kāñcanaḥ — gold.

jñāna — gennem erhvervet viden; vijñāna — og erkendt viden; tṛpta — tilfreds; ātmā — et levende væsen; kūṭa-sthaḥ — åndeligt situeret; vijita- indriyaḥ — sanseligt behersket; yuktaḥ — kompetent til selverkendelse; iti — således; ucyate — siges; yogī — en mystiker; sama — ligevægtig over for; loṣṭa — småsten; aśma — sten; kāñcanaḥ — og guld.

Translation

A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogī [or mystic] when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. He sees everything – whether it be pebbles, stones or gold – as the same.

En person siges at være fast forankret i selverkendelse og kaldes en yogī [mystiker], når han er helt tilfreds i kraft af erhvervet viden og erkendelse. Sådan en person befinder sig i transcendensen og er selvbehersket. Han ser alting, uanset om det er sand, sten eller guld, som en og samme ting.

Purport

Book knowledge without realization of the Supreme Truth is useless. This is stated as follows:

FORKLARING: Boglig viden uden erkendelse af den Højeste Sandhed er værdiløs. Det bliver bekræftet som følger (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.234):

ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi
na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ
sevonmukhe hi jihvādau
svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ

“No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name, form, quality and pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa through his materially contaminated senses. Only when one becomes spiritually saturated by transcendental service to the Lord are the transcendental name, form, quality and pastimes of the Lord revealed to him.” (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.234)

“Ingen kan forstå den transcendentale natur af Śrī Kṛṣṇas navn, form, kvaliteter og lege med de materielt besmittede sanser. Kun når man bliver åndeligt mættet af transcendental tjeneste til Herren, vil Herrens transcendentale navn, form, kvaliteter og lege blive afsløret for én.”

This Bhagavad-gītā is the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. No one can become Kṛṣṇa conscious simply by mundane scholarship. One must be fortunate enough to associate with a person who is in pure consciousness. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person has realized knowledge, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, because he is satisfied with pure devotional service. By realized knowledge, one becomes perfect. By transcendental knowledge one can remain steady in his convictions, but by mere academic knowledge one can be easily deluded and confused by apparent contradictions. It is the realized soul who is actually self-controlled, because he is surrendered to Kṛṣṇa. He is transcendental because he has nothing to do with mundane scholarship. For him mundane scholarship and mental speculation, which may be as good as gold to others, are of no greater value than pebbles or stones.

Denne Bhagavad-gītā er videnskaben om Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed. Ingen kan blive Kṛṣṇa-bevidst alene gennem verdslig lærdom. Man skal være så heldig at kunne omgås med en person, der er i ren bevidsthed. En Kṛṣṇa-bevidst person har realiseret viden ved Kṛṣṇas nåde, for han er tilfreds med ren hengiven tjeneste. Gennem realiseret viden bliver man perfekt. Med transcendental viden kan man forblive fast forankret i sin overbevisning, men akademisk viden alene kan let virke vildledende og gøre én forvirret over tilsyneladende selvmodsigelser. Det er den realiserede sjæl, der virkelig er selvbehersket, for han er overgivet til Kṛṣṇa. Han er transcendental, for han har intet med verdslig lærdom at gøre. For ham er verdslig lærdom og intellektuel spekulation, der er som guld for andre, ikke af større værdi end sand eller sten.