Bhagavad Gita 6.19
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता। योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः।।6.19।।
yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā. yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ.6.19.
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- यथा
- as / just as
- दीपः
- a lamp
- निवातस्थः
- situated in a windless place
- न इङ्गते
- does not flicker / does not waver
- सा उपमा
- that comparison/simile
- स्मृता
- is remembered / declared (by the wise)
- योगिनः
- of the yogi
- यतचित्तस्य
- whose mind is controlled/restrained
- युञ्जतः
- who is practicing / engaged in
- योगम्
- yoga (meditative discipline)
- आत्मनः
- of the self / pertaining to the self
Commentary
19. < As a lamp in a sheltered spot does not flicker,' — this has been thought as the simile of a Yogin of subdued thought, practising Yoga in the Self.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यथा
दीपः
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न इङ्गते
सा उपमा
स्मृता
योगिनः
यतचित्तस्य
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योगम्
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