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यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते। निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा।।6.18।।

yadā viniyataṁ chittam ātmanyevāvatiṣhṭhate niḥspṛihaḥ sarva-kāmebhyo yukta ityuchyate tadā

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 18
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self alone, free from longing for any of the objects of desire, then it is said, 'He is united'.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: when the disciplined mind rests only in the Self, free from longing for all desires, one is then said to be established in yoga, naming an internal quieting of restless wanting as the actual marker of arrival, not any external achievement.

In life: chasing the next external goal indefinitely, without ever pausing at genuine satisfaction, is its own kind of restlessness that never actually settles.

Teaching: notice whether you ever let yourself simply rest in a genuine sense of enough, or whether you immediately reach for the next craving the moment one is satisfied.

yadāwhen
viniyatamfully controlled
chittamthe mind
ātmaniof the self
evacertainly
avatiṣhṭhatestays
nispṛihaḥfree from cravings: sarva
kāmebhyaḥfor yearning of the senses
yuktaḥsituated in perfect Yog
itithus
uchyateis said
tadāthen

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.18 यदा when? विनियतम् perfectly controlled? चित्तम् mind? आत्मनि in the Self? एव only? अवतिष्ठते rests? निःस्पृहः free from longing? सर्वकामेभ्यः from all (objects of) desires? युक्तः united? इति thus? उच्यते is said? तदा then.Commentary Perfectly controlled mind The mind with onepointedness.When all desires for the objects of pleasure seen or unseen die? the mind becomes very peaceful and rests steadily in the Supreme Self within. As the Yogi is perfectly harmonised? as he has attained to oneness with the Self and as he has become identical with Brahman? sense phenomena and bodily affections do not disturb him. He is conscious of his immortal? imperishable and invincible nature.Yukta means united (with the Self) or harmonised or balanced. Without union with the Self neither harmony nor balance nor Samadhi is possible. (Cf.V.23VI.8)