Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता ।
योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ॥१९॥
yathā dīpo nivāta-stho
neṅgate sopamā smṛtā
yogino yata-cittasya
yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- yathā
- as
- dīpaḥ
- a lamp
- nivātasthaḥ
- in a place without wind
- na
- does not
- iṅgate
- waver
- sā upamā
- compared to that
- smṛtā
- likened
- yoginaḥ
- of the *yogī*
- yata-cittasya
- whose mind is controlled
- yuñjataḥ
- constantly engaged in
- yogam
- meditation
- ātmanaḥ
- on Transcendence
Translation
As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady in his meditation on the transcendent Self.
Purport
A truly Kṛṣṇa conscious person, always absorbed in Transcendence, in constant undisturbed meditation on his worshipable Lord, is as steady as a lamp in a windless place.
What this verse teaches
Perfectional stage of Aṣṭāṅga-yoga – various aspects and realizations of perfection
- Themes
- Self-control
In thematic compilations 1
- Steady mind is like a lamp in a windless place (6.19 yathā dīpo nivāta-stho...)
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 2
- Bhagavad-gītā 6.11–21 1966-09-07 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 6.16–24 [Sāṅkhya Yoga System] 1969-02-17 · Los Angeles
Articles on this verse 1
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