यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः ।यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ॥
yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ |yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate ||
- यम् · yam
- which
- लब्ध्वा · labdhvā
- having gained
- अपरम् · aparam
- other
- लाभम् · lābham
- gain
- अधिकम् · adhikam
- greater
- मन्यते · manyate
- he considers
- स्थितः · sthitaḥ
- established
- विचाल्यते · vicālyate
- is shaken
“Having gained which, he thinks no other gain greater; established wherein, he is not shaken even by heavy suffering —”
— Original plain-language translation
Two tests prove the supreme gain: nothing seems higher, and no pain dislodges. Even weighty sorrow loses leverage. The verse sets up the definition of yoga in 6.23.
— Reader's notes (original)