विरमेत यदा चित्तं हित्वा वृत्तित्रयं स्वयम् । योगेन वा तदात्मानं वेदेहाया निवर्तते ॥ २१ ॥
virameta yadā cittaṁ hitvā vṛtti-trayaṁ svayam yogena vā tadātmānaṁ vedehāyā nivartate
- virameta
- desists
- yadā
- when
- cittam
- the mind
- hitvā
- giving up
- vṛtti-trayam
- the functions of material life in the three phases of waking, sleep and deep sleep
- svayam
- automatically
- yogena
- by regulated spiritual practice
- vā
- or
- tadā
- then
- ātmānam
- the Supreme Soul
- veda
- he knows
- īhāyāḥ
- from material endeavor
- nivartate
- he ceases
Either automatically or because of one’s regulated spiritual practice, one’s mind may stop functioning on the material platform of waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep. Then one understands the Supreme Soul and withdraws from material endeavor.