यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता | योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ||६-१९||
yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā . yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ ||6-19||
- yathā
- as
- dīpaḥ
- a lamp
- nivāta-sthaḥ
- in a place without wind
- na
- does not
- iṅgate
- waver
- sā
- this
- upamā
- comparison
- smṛtā
- is considered
- yoginaḥ
- of the yogī
- yata-cittasya
- whose mind is controlled
- yuñjataḥ
- constantly engaged
- yogam
- in meditation
- ātmanaḥ
- on transcendence
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.