Chapter 6, Verse 18
यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते। निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा।।6.18।।
yadā viniyataṃ cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate। niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yukta ityucyate tadā।।6.18।।
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- यदा
- when
- विनियतम्
- fully controlled/disciplined
- चित्तम्
- the mind
- आत्मनि
- in the Self
- एव
- alone/only
- अवतिष्ठते
- becomes established/rests
- निःस्पृहः
- free from longing/desireless
- सर्वकामेभ्यः
- for all desires/objects of desire
- युक्तः
- united/disciplined (in yoga)
- इति
- thus
- उच्यते
- is said/called
- तदा
- then
Commentary
18. When the well-restrained thought is established in the Self only, without longing for any of the objects of desire, then he is said to be a Saint.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यदा
विनियतम्
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एव
अवतिष्ठते
निःस्पृहः
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तदा
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