Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 19

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता । योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः

yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā | yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ

Translation

'As a lamp in a sheltered spot does not flicker' — this has been thought as the simile of a Yogin of subdued thought, practising Yoga in the Self.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yathā

as

dīpaḥ

a lamp

nivātasthaḥ

in (a) windless (place)-standing

na

not

iṅgate

flickers

sā

that

upamā

simile

smṛtā

is remembered

yoginaḥ

of the Yogi

yatacittasya

controlled, mind, whose, of him

yuñjataḥ

(of the) practising

yogam

the yoga

ātmanaḥ

of the self

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

This simile has been thought out by those versed in Yoga, by those who know the ways of the thinking principle.