6.42
Chapter 6, Verse 42
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्। एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्৷৷
athavā yōgināmēva kulē bhavati dhīmatām. ētaddhi durlabhataraṅ lōkē janma yadīdṛśam৷৷
Translation
Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
अथवा or, योगिनाम् of Yogis, एव even, कुले in the family, भवति is born, धीमताम् of the wise, एतत् this,,हि verily, दुर्लभतरम् very difficult, लोके in the world, जन्म birth, यत् which, ईदृशम् like this. Commentary: A birth in a family of wise Yogis is more difficult to obtain than the one mentioned in the preceding verse.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.