BG - 6.19

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता। योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः।।6.19।।

yathā dīpo nivāta-stho neṅgate sopamā smṛitā yogino yata-chittasya yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ

• yathā - as
• dīpaḥ - a lamp
• nivāta-sthaḥ - in a windless place
• na - does not
• iṅgate - flickers
• sā - this
• upamā - analogy
• smṛitā - is considered
• yoginaḥ - of a yogi
• yata-chittasya - whose mind is disciplined
• yuñjataḥ - steadily practicing
• yogam - in meditation
• ātmanaḥ - on the Supreme

Translation

As a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker, so is the Yogi of a controlled mind, who practices Yoga in the Self, compared.

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