BG 6 VERSE 19
यथा दीपो निवात स्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता
योगिनो यत चित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः
yathā dīpo nivāta-stho
neṅgate sopamā smṛtā
yogino yata-cittasya
yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ
SYNONYMS
yathā: as | dīpaḥ: a lamp | nivātasthaḥ: in a place without wind | na: does not | iṅgate: waver | sā upamā: compared to that | smṛtā: likened | yoginaḥ: of the yogī | yata-cittasya: whose mind is controlled | yuñjataḥ: constantly engaged in | yogam: meditation | ātmanaḥ: on Transcendence. |
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
A truly Kṛṣṇa conscious person, always absorbed in Transcendence, in constant undisturbed meditation on his worshipable Lord, is as steady as a lamp in a windless place.