BG 6.18
यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते
निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा
yadā viniyataṃ cittam
ātmany evāvatiṣṭhate
niḥspṛhaḥ sarva-kāmebhyo
yukta ity ucyate tadā
SYNONYMS
yadā: When | viniyataṃ: the subdued | cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate: mind rests on the self alone | niḥspṛhaḥ: free of all yearning | sarvakāmebhyo: for objects of desire | yukta: fit for Yoga | ityucyate: one is said to be | tadā: then |
TRANSLATION
When the subdued mind rests on the self alone, then, free of all yearning for objects of desire, one is said to be fit for Yoga.
PURPORT
When the mind which usually goes after sense enjoyments, abandons such desires and ‘rests on the self alone,’ i.e., becomes well-settled on account of discerning unsurpassable good in the self alone and rests there alone steadily, without movement—then, being ‘free of yearning for all desires,’ one is said to be integrated. He is said to be fit for Yoga.