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6.15 The peace that is release Krishna speaks

युञ्जन्नेवं सदाऽऽत्मानं योगी नियतमानसः
शान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति

yuñjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī niyata-mānasaḥ
śhantiṁ nirvāṇa-paramāṁ mat-sansthām adhigachchhati

Keeping the self constantly so joined, the practitioner with a disciplined mind reaches the peace that is the highest release, and dwells in me.

Explanation

What it is for.

Keeping the self so joined, the practitioner reaches nirvāṇa-paramām śāntim — the peace that is the highest release — and dwells in him.

Both endings are given at once, the impersonal and the personal, exactly as at 8.21 and 15.6. The Gita's summit is always described twice.

Word by word

yuñjan
keeping the mind absorbed in God
evam
thus
sadā
constantly
ātmānam
the mind
yogī
a yogi
niyata-mānasaḥ
one with a disciplined mind
śhāntim
peace
nirvāṇa
liberation from the material bondage
paramām
supreme
mat-sansthām
abides in me
adhigachchhati
attains