यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता | योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ||६-१९||
yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā . yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ ||6-19||
Chapter 6 · Verse 19
Dhyana Yoga
ध्यानयोग
In plain words
This is a beautiful simile. Yogins ote this simile very often when they talk of concentration or steadiness or onepointedness of the mind. A steady mind will serve as a powerful searchlight to find out the hidden spiritual treasures of the Self.
Translation
6.19 'A lamp does not flicker in a windless place' - that is the simile employed for the subdued mind of a Yogin who practises Yoga.
Meaning
This is a beautiful simile. Yogins ote this simile very often when they talk of concentration or steadiness or onepointedness of the mind. A steady mind will serve as a powerful searchlight to find out the hidden spiritual treasures of the Self.
Word by word
यथा as दीपः lamp निवातस्थः placed in a windless place न not इङ्गते flicker सा that उपमा simile स्मृता is thought योगिनः of the Yogi यतचित्तस्य of one with controlled mind युञ्जतः of the practising योगम् the Yoga आत्मनः of the Self.