Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.19
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.19 · 6 · Verse 19
Sanskrit Original
।।6.19।।निवातस्थो दीपो यथा न इङ्गते न चलति अचलः सप्रभः तिष्ठति यतचित्तस्य निवृत्तसकलेतरमनोवृत्तेः योगिनः आत्मनि योगं युञ्जतः आत्मस्वरूपस्य सा उपमा।निवातस्थतया निश्चलसप्रभदीपवन्निवृत्तसकलेतरमनोवृत्तितया निश्चलो ज्ञानप्रभ आत्मा तिष्ठति इत्यर्थः।
6.19 As a lamp does not flicker in a windless place, i.e., does not move, but remains steady with its illumination - this is the simile used to illustrate the nature of the self of the Yogin who has subdued his mind, who has got rid of all other kinds of mental activity and who is practising Yoga concerning the self. The meaning is that the self remains with its steadily illumining light of knowledge because all other activities of the mind have ceased, just as a lamp kept in a windless place has an unflickering flame.