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Chapter 6 · Verse 19The Yoga of Self-Mastery

Bhagavad Gita 6.19

BG 6.19 — Chapter 6 (The Yoga of Self-Mastery), Verse 19, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता | योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ||६-१९||

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yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā . yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ ||6-19||

Roman: yatha dipo nivatastho nengate sopama smrta . yogino yatacittasya yunjato yogamatmanah

As a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker to such is compared the Yogi of controlled mind, practising Yoga in the Self (or absorbed in the Yoga of the Self).