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Chapter 6 · Verse 18The Yoga of Self-Mastery

Bhagavad Gita 6.18

BG 6.18 — Chapter 6 (The Yoga of Self-Mastery), Verse 18, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते | निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा ||६-१८||

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yadā viniyataṃ cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate . niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yukta ityucyate tadā ||6-18||

Roman: yada viniyatam cittamatmanyevavatishthate . nihsprhah sarvakamebhyo yukta ityucyate tada

When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self only, free from longing for all the objects of desires, then it is said, 'He is united'.