Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.19
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.19 · 6 · Verse 19
Sanskrit Original
।।6.19।। यथा दीपः प्रदीपः निवातस्थः निवाते वातवर्जिते देशे स्थितः न इङ्गते न चलति सा उपमा उपमीयते अनया इत्युपमा योगज्ञैः चित्तप्रचारदर्शिभिः स्मृता चिन्तिता योगिनो यतचित्तस्य संयतान्तःकरणस्य युञ्जतो योगम् अनुतिष्ठतः आत्मनः समाधिमनुतिष्ठत इत्यर्थः।।एवं योगाभ्यासबलादेकाग्रीभूतं निवातप्रदीपकल्पं सत्
6.19 Yatha, as; a dipah, lamp; nivata-sthah, kept in a windless place; na ingate, does not flicker; sa upama, such is the simile-that with which something is compared is an upama (smile)-; smrta, thought of, by the knowers of Yoga who understand the movements of the mind; yoginah, for the yogi; yata-citasya, whose mind is under control; and yunjatah, who is engaged in; yogam, concentration; atmanah, on the Self, i.e. who is practising Self-absorption. By dint of practising Yoga thus, when the mind, comparable to a lamp in a windless place, becomes concentrated, then-