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Bhagavad-gītā 6.27

प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम् । उपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम् ॥ २७ ॥
praśānta-manasaṁ hy enaṁ
[prashaanta-manasam hy enam]
yoginaṁ sukham uttamam
[yoginam sukham uttamam]
upaiti śānta-rajasaṁ
[upaiti shaanta-rajasam]
brahma-bhūtam akalmaṣam
[brahma-bhootam akalmasham]
Word-for-word
praśānta — peaceful, fixed on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa manasam — whose mind hi — certainly enam — this yoginam — yogī sukham — happiness uttamam — the highest upaiti — attains śānta - rajasam — his passion pacified brahma - bhūtam — liberation by identification with the Absolute akalmaṣam — freed from all past sinful reactions .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
praśānta-manasaṁ hy enaṁ
praśānta
peaceful, fixed on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa
manasam
whose mind
hi
certainly
enam
this
yoginaṁ sukham uttamam
yoginam
yogī
sukham
happiness
uttamam
the highest
upaiti śānta-rajasaṁ
upaiti
attains
śānta - rajasam
his passion pacified
brahma-bhūtam akalmaṣam
brahma - bhūtam
liberation by identification with the Absolute
akalmaṣam
freed from all past sinful reactions .
Important Words
  • praśānta — peaceful, fixed on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa
    Pra-√śam — 'fully pacified.' Note Prabhupāda's gloss: not merely peaceful but peaceful by being fixed at the Lord's feet. The verse's peace is not vacancy; it is occupancy by Kṛṣṇa.
  • yoginam — yogī
    Accusative singular. The verse defines this yogī by three converging conditions: praśānta-manasa, śānta-rajas, brahma-bhūta, akalmaṣa. Each term peels back one more layer of what the title actually means.
  • uttamam — the highest
    Ut-tama — 'the most up.' Modifies sukham. There is happiness, and there is the highest happiness. The verse does not flatter the lower kinds; it points only to the summit.
  • śānta-rajasam — his passion pacified
    Rajas — the mode of passion and agitation — has been stilled. The verse names the specific guṇa that gets neutralized. Sattva remains, rajas departs. The path is described chemically, mode by mode.
  • brahma-bhūtam — liberation by identification with the Absolute
    Brahma + √bhū — 'become Brahman.' The yogī has come into his proper nature as part of the Absolute. Note this is not merger; it is the realization of qualitative identity, the Gauḍīya reading.
  • akalmaṣam — freed from all past sinful reactions
    A-kalmaṣa — 'without taint.' Kalmaṣa is moral pollution accumulated over lives. The verse insists this is washed clean — not merely suspended, washed. A new ledger.
The yogī whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest perfection of transcendental happiness. He is beyond the mode of passion, he realizes his qualitative identity with the Supreme, and thus he is freed from all reactions to past deeds.
Classical Sanskrit analysis शास्त्रीय विश्लेषण
How Sanskrit scholars read this verse — split, rearranged, grammar-tagged. For the plain English distilled meaning, jump to Plain meaning below.
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Plain meaning (तात्पर्य · Tātparya)
Result: when rajas is quieted, the mind utterly stilled, and stain washed off, the yogī's status is 'brahma-bhūta' — Brahman-become. Uttama sukha walks in unbidden. The grammar (upaiti) shows happiness as the active agent.
Further notes (विवरण · Vivaraṇa)
Brahma-bhūta will reappear at 18.54 as the state preceding para-bhakti. Śānta-rajas marks the technical guṇa-diagnosis: rajas is the agitation behind restlessness; quiet it and sattva alone remains. The verse confirms that this is a graded path — not an instant flip.
Prose order (अन्वय · Anvaya)
प्रशान्त-मनसं शान्त-रजसं अकल्मषं ब्रह्म-भूतम् एनं योगिनं उत्तमं सुखं हि उपैति।
praśānta-manasaṃ śānta-rajasaṃ akalmaṣaṃ brahma-bhūtam enaṃ yoginaṃ uttamaṃ sukhaṃ hi upaiti|
Indeed the highest happiness comes to this yogī whose mind is utterly stilled, whose rajas is quieted, who is stainless, who has become Brahman.
Word split (पदच्छेद · Padaccheda)
प्रशान्त-मनसं हि एनं योगिनं सुखम् उत्तमम् । उपैति शान्त-रजसं ब्रह्म-भूतम् अकल्मषम् ॥
praśānta-manasaṃ hi enaṃ yoginaṃ sukham uttamam | upaiti śānta-rajasaṃ brahma-bhūtam akalmaṣam ||
Grammar (व्याकरण · Vyākaraṇa)
SanskritIASTGrammarMeaning
प्रशान्त-मनसम् praśānta-manasam प्रशान्त (p.p.p. (past passive participle)) + मनस् (n.) acc.sg. (accusative singular)m., bahuvrīhi cpd. (compound) whose mind is utterly stilled
हि hi ind. (indeclinable) indeed
एनम् enam एनद् (dem. (demonstrative) pron. (pronoun)) acc.sg. (accusative singular)m. this
योगिनम् yoginam योगिन् (m.) acc.sg. (accusative singular) yogī
सुखम् sukham सुख (n.) nom.sg. (nominative singular) happiness
उत्तमम् uttamam उत्तम (adj.) nom.sg. (nominative singular)n. highest
उपैति upaiti उप + √इ pres. (present) 3sg.par. (parasmaipada / active voice) comes to
शान्त-रजसम् śānta-rajasam शान्त (p.p.p. (past passive participle)) + रजस् (n.) acc.sg. (accusative singular)m., bahuvrīhi cpd. (compound) whose rajas is quieted
ब्रह्म-भूतम् brahma-bhūtam ब्रह्मन् (n.) + भूत (p.p.p. (past passive participle)) acc.sg. (accusative singular)m., tatpuruṣa cpd. (compound) who has become Brahman
अकल्मषम् akalmaṣam अ + कल्मष (m.) acc.sg. (accusative singular)m., bahuvrīhi cpd. (compound) stainless
Purport

Brahma-bhūta is the state of being free from material contamination and situated in the transcendental service of the Lord. Mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām ( Bg. 18.54 ). One cannot remain in the quality of Brahman, the Absolute, until one’s mind is fixed on the lotus feet of the Lord. Sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ. To be always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, or to remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is to be factually liberated from the mode of passion and all material contamination.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
27. Supreme bliss comes to that yogī who has pacified mind, is devoid of passion, free of sin, and thus on the level of realization of Brahman.
Commentary

Then, as previously, the yogī again will enjoy the happiness of samādhi. Sukham is the subject of the sentence.

Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Gauḍīya
Translation
27. Supreme bliss comes to that yogī with mind fixed on the soul, becomes devoid of passion, free of desires, and then directly experiencing ātmā.
Commentary

Endeavoring in this way, the yogī will again experience the bliss of samādhi. The greatest happiness of realizing ātmā (sukham uttamam) (subject of the sentence) spontaneously comes to the yogī whose mind is fixed on ātmā (praśānta manasam), whose ancient, subtle sinful inclinations are consequently destroyed (akalmaṣam), and therefore is free of passion (śānta rajas am), and who directly experiences the ātmā which appears with eight distinct qualities (brahma bhūtam). [Note: The soul is sinless, ageless, deathless, without grief, without hunger, without thirst, blissful, and fulfills his promises.]

Bhūrijana Dāsa Gauḍīya
Commentary

Now, on the higher stages,

[ 10 . Perfection in Yoga: He sees Krsna everywhere, Krsna is never lost to him nor is he ever lost to Krsna. Such a yogi, knowing that the Supersoul and Krsna are one, sees the true equality of all beings and thus acts for the welfare of all.(28‑ 32) ]

Study Notes — Gauranga Priya Dāsa
Gauranga Priya Dāsa Study
Bhakti-śāstrī Notes, ISKCON Chowpatty (2009)
Theme

Brahma-bhuta platform – Gradually one will experience:

Transcendental happiness
Freedom from the modes of material nature and sinful reactions
Realizes the self (qualitative oneness with the Supreme)

LINK BETWEEN TEXTS 6.27 & 6.28: In Texts 6.28 – 6.32, Krishna explains that the perfection of yoga is

realizing the Supersoul

Classical Ācāryas
Śrī Śaṅkarācārya Classical
Translation
6.27 Uttamam, supreme, unsurpassable; sukham, Blisss; upaiti, comes; hi enam yoginam, to this yogi alone; prasanta-manasam, whose mind has become perfectly tranil; santa-rejasam, whose (ality of) rajas has been eliminated, i.e. whose rajas, viz defects such as delusion etc. ['The five klesas, pain-bearing obstructions, are: ignorance, egoism, attachment, aversion, and clinging to life' (P.Y.Su.2.3).] have been destroyed; brahma-bhutam, who has become identified with Brahman, who is free even while living, who has got the certitude that Bramhman is all; and akalmasam, who is taintless, free from vice etc.
Śrī Rāmānujācārya Classical
Translation
6.27 Supreme happiness, which is of the nature of experience of the self in its essential nature comes to this Yogin whose 'mind is at peace,' i.e., whose mind does not swerve from the self, whose mind abides in the self; whose impurities are thery completely burnt away; whose Rajas is thery 'wholly annulled,' i.e., in whom the ality of Rajas is destroyed; and who has thus become the Brahman, i.e., who remains steady in his essential nature as the Atman. 'Hi' (for) is added to indicate reason. The meaning is this: 'On account of the nature of the self which has the form of supreme bliss.'
Śrī Abhinavagupta Classical
Translation
6.27 See Comment under 6.27
Swami Sivananda Classical
Translation
6.27 Supreme Bliss verily comes to this Yogi whose mind is ite peaceful, whose passion is ieted, who has become Brahman and who is free from sin.
Commentary

6.27 प्रशान्तमनसम् one of peaceful mind? हि verily? एनम् this? योगिनम् Yogi? सुखम् bliss? उत्तमम् supreme? उपैति comes? शान्तरजसम् one whose passion is ieted? ब्रह्मभूतम् one who has become Brahman? अकल्मषम् one who is free from sin.Commentary In this verse and in the next also the Lord describes the benefits of Yoga.Supreme (eternal? unalloyed and uninterrupted) bliss comes to the Yogi whose mind is perfectly serene? who has calmed his passionate nature? who has destroyed all sorts of attachments? who has attained knowledge of the Self and thus become a Jivanmukta or one who is liberated while living? who feels that all is Brahman only? and who is taintless? i.e.? who is not affected by Dharma or Adharma (good or evil).

Swami Gambhīrānanda Classical
Translation
6.27 Supreme Bliss comes to this yogi alone whose mind has become perfectly tranil, whose (ality of) rajas has been eliminated, who has become identified with Brahman, and is taintless.
Shri Purohit Swami Classical
Translation
6.27 Supreme Bliss is the lot of the sage, whose mind attains Peace, whose passions subside, who is without sin, and who becomes one with the Absolute.
Related values & verses
Related values
Tyaga (Renunciation / Letting Go)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)Tapas (Austerity / Discipline)Guru Bhakti (Reverence for Teacher)Atma Nigraha (Self-control)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)Maitri (Friendship / Goodwill)Abhaya (Fearlessness)
Related verses
BG 5.24 BG 18.54 BG 14.26 SB 1.2.19 SB 11.20.32 SB 3.25.25 CC Madhya 8.260 CC Madhya 20.141 CC Madhya 24.30 Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.3Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.9.1
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Personal Guidance
The yogi whose mind is fixed on Me, his passion stilled, his sins destroyed, attains the highest happiness — peace, identity with Brahman.
Practical Applications
  • Cultivate a fixed object of meditation (Kṛṣṇa Himself).
  • Don't rotate objects of meditation; depth requires fixity.
  • Trust that the highest happiness arises from this fixity.
Reflection Questions
  • Have I been rotating objects, looking for novelty?
  • What single object can hold my meditation?
Analogy

A still pond at moonrise — and the moon walks in. The yogī's mind, śānta, becomes the surface upon which the Lord arrives without effort on the moon's part. Rajas has set; the surface has cooled; and the highest happiness simply enters, the way moonlight enters a quiet courtyard.

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