Chapter 6: Sankhya-yoga
Bg 6.19
TEXT 19
yatha dipo nivata-stho
nengate sopama smrta
yogino yata-cittasya
yunjato yogam atmanah
nengate sopama smrta
yogino yata-cittasya
yunjato yogam atmanah
SYNONYMS
yatha—as; dipah—a lamp; nivatasthah—in a place without wind; na—does not; ingate—waver; sa upama—compared to that; smrta—likened; yoginah—of the yogi; yata-cittasya—whose mind is controlled; yunjatah—constantly engaged in; yogam—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.
Join the Bhagavad-Gita Connect Newsletter
Copyright (c) 1972 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada