Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 6, verse 19
The image of a steady lamp flame in a windless place has become a classic picture of the meditating mind.
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यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता ।योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ॥
yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā |yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ ||
'Like a lamp in a windless place that does not flicker': this is the comparison given for the yogi whose mind is controlled and who practises focusing on the Self.
'जैसे बिना हवा वाली जगह में रखा दीपक डगमगाता नहीं': यही उपमा उस योगी के लिए दी जाती है जिसका मन वश में है और जो आत्मा में एकाग्र होने का अभ्यास करता है।
'जसा वारा नसलेल्या जागी ठेवलेला दिवा थरथरत नाही': हीच उपमा त्या योग्यासाठी दिली जाते ज्याचे मन ताब्यात आहे आणि जो आत्म्यात एकाग्र होण्याचा अभ्यास करतो.
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यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता ।योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ॥
यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते ।
When the well-trained mind rests in the Self alone, free from longing for anything, then a person is said to be steady in yoga.
6.20यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया ।
When the mind, held back by the practice of yoga, becomes still, and when, seeing the Self through the self, one is content in the Self,
The Yoga of Meditation
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