Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 20
यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया । यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति
yatroparamate cittaṃ niruddhaṃ yogasevayā | yatra caivātmanātmānaṃ paśyannātmani tuṣyati
Translation
When thought is quiescent, restrained by the practice of Yoga; when, seeing the Self by the self, he is satisfied in his own Self;
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yatra
- where
- uparamate
- comes to rest
- cittam
- the mind
- niruddham
- curbed
- yogasevayā
- of yoga, by the service
- yatra
- where
- ca
- and
- eva
- even
- ātmanā
- by the self
- ātmānam
- the self
- paśyan
- seeing
- ātmani
- in the self
- tuṣyati
- is content
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
When the mind is restrained from all quarters by practice of Yoga, the Yogin sees the Self — the Supreme Intelligence (chaitanya) and the All-resplendent Light — by self (the antaḥ-karaṇa, the inner sense), by the mind which has been purified by samādhi, and attains satisfaction in the Self.