Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation: Verse 19
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता ।
योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मन: ॥
yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā
yogino yata-cittasya yuñjato yogam-ātmana: – 6.19
Just as the flame of a lamp placed in a windless place does not flicker, so too the disciplined mind of one practising yoga, remains firm, still and poised.
Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation - Verse 19
Ma Gurupriya
The mind and allied processes within the body are not visible. Hence it is difficult to discern them properly. It is also not possible to illustrate the inner spiritual sublimity and fruition with visible instances. While the visible outer world is made of objects, the inner mind is subjective. Our entire vocabulary is evolved from the external objects and instances. Their inadequacy to explain the inner phenomena is quite evident.
But we have only the external facts and features to explain the internal truths. Hence Krishna cites the instance of a lamp placed in a windless place. As there is no wind, the flame will not flicker.
By describing the yogi’s Self-abiding mind thus, Krishna points that in meditation one should not look for anything special as the Self. The Self is Consciousness. Mind, intelligence and their products are its expressions. Once the mind becomes still and absorbed, that itself is the Self the yogi looks for. Be sure about this.
