यदा चित्तं प्रसीदेत इन्द्रियाणां च निर्वृति: । देहेऽभयं मनोऽसङ्गं तत् सत्त्वं विद्धि मत्पदम् ॥ १६ ॥
yadā cittaṁ prasīdeta indriyāṇāṁ ca nirvṛtiḥ dehe ’bhayaṁ mano-’saṅgaṁ tat sattvaṁ viddhi mat-padam
- yadā
- when
- cittam
- the consciousness
- prasīdeta
- becomes clear
- indriyāṇām
- of the senses
- ca
- and
- nirvṛtiḥ
- cessation of their mundane activities
- dehe
- in the body
- abhayam
- fearlessness
- manaḥ
- of the mind
- asaṅgam
- detachment
- tat
- that
- sattvam
- the mode of goodness
- viddhi
- know it
- mat
- realization of Me
- padam
- the situation in which such can be achieved
When consciousness becomes clear and the senses are detached from matter, one experiences fearlessness within the material body and detachment from the material mind. You should understand this situation to be the predominance of the mode of goodness, in which one has the opportunity to realize Me.