yoginaḥ

लोकेऽस्मिन्द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ

yoginām — of the yogis

In this world there are two paths, as I have said before, sinless one: the path of knowledge, for those who reason; and the path of action, for those who act.

दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते

yoginaḥ — spiritual practioners

Some who practise offer sacrifice to the gods; others offer sacrifice itself into the fire of Brahman.

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि

yoginaḥ — the yogis

With the body, the mind, the understanding, and even with the senses alone, those who practise act — letting go of attachment, for the purifying of the self.

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता

yoginaḥ — of a yogi

As a lamp in a windless place does not flicker — that is the image held for one whose mind is disciplined, practising yoga of the self.

अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्

yoginām — of those endowed with divine wisdom

or else is born into a family of those who practise and are wise. That birth is harder still to come by in this world.

योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना

yoginām — of all yogis

And of all who practise, the one who is turned inwardly to me with faith and worships me — that one I hold to be most joined of all.

अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः

yoginaḥ — of the yogis

For the one whose mind does not turn elsewhere, who remembers me constantly and always, I am easy to reach, son of Pritha.

यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः

yoginaḥ — a yogi

Now I will tell you the time at which those who practise depart and do not return, and the time at which they return.

कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्

yogin — the Supreme Master of Yogmaya

How am I to know you, master of yoga, by constant meditation? In what forms are you to be thought of?

यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम्

yoginaḥ — yogis

Those who practise and strive see him established in themselves. But the careless, whose selves are not made ready, do not see him though they strive.