6.18 Resting in the self alone Krishna speaks
यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते
निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा
yadā viniyataṁ chittam ātmanyevāvatiṣhṭhate
niḥspṛihaḥ sarva-kāmebhyo yukta ityuchyate tadā
When the disciplined mind rests in the self alone, free of craving for anything wanted — then one is said to be joined.
Explanation
Then one is said to be joined.
The disciplined mind rests in the self alone, free of craving for anything wanted.
The definition keeps getting restated because the chapter is building toward 6.23, where it will finally be given in the negative. Here the marker is simply that the mind stays where it is put.
Word by word
- yadā
- when
- viniyatam
- fully controlled
- chittam
- the mind
- ātmani
- of the self
- eva
- certainly
- avatiṣhṭhate
- stays
- nispṛihaḥ
- free from cravings: sarva
- kāmebhyaḥ
- for yearning of the senses
- yuktaḥ
- situated in perfect Yog
- iti
- thus
- uchyate
- is said
- tadā
- then
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