Chapter 6: Dhyana-yoga

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 6.19

yatha dipo nivata-stho

nengate sopama smrta

yogino yata-cittasya

yunjato yogam atmanah

SYNONYMS

yatha -- as; dipah -- a lamp; nivata-sthah -- in a place without wind; na -- does not; ingate -- waver; sa -- this; upama -- comparison; smrta -- is considered; yoginah -- of the yogi; yata-cittasya -- whose mind is controlled; yunjatah -- constantly engaged; yogam -- in meditation; atmanah -- 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 Krsna conscious person, always absorbed in transcendence, in constant undisturbed meditation on his worshipable Lord, is as steady as a lamp in a windless place.

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