Sanskrit · Devanagari
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता। योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882is said to be devoted. As a light standing in a windless (place) flickers not that is declared to be the parallel for a devotee whose mind is restrained and who devotes his self to abstraction. That (mental condition)
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।6.19।। यथा दीपः प्रदीपः निवातस्थः निवाते वातवर्जिते देशे स्थितः न इङ्गते न चलति सा उपमा उपमीयते अनया इत्युपमा योगज्ञैः चित्तप्रचारदर्शिभिः स्मृता चिन्तिता योगिनो यतचित्तस्य संयतान्तःकरणस्य युञ्जतो योगम् अनुतिष्ठतः आत्मनः समाधिमनुतिष्ठत इत्यर्थः।।एवं योगाभ्यासबलादेकाग्रीभूतं निवातप्रदीपकल्पं सत्
98b6d1a83959…Rāmānuja
6.19 As a lamp does not flicker in a windless place, i.e., does not move, but remains steady with its illumination - this is the simile used to illustrate the nature of the self of the Yogin who has subdued his mind, who has got rid of all other kinds of mental activity and who is practising Yoga concerning the self. The meaning is that the self remains with its steadily illumining light of knowledge because all other activities of the mind have ceased, just as a lamp kept in a windless place has an unflickering flame.
b6b90ebe87c1…Swami Sivananda
6.19 यथा as? दीपः lamp? निवातस्थः placed in a windless place? न not? इङ्गते flicker? सा that? उपमा simile? स्मृता is thought? योगिनः of the Yogi? यतचित्तस्य of one with controlled mind? युञ्जतः of the practising? योगम् the Yoga? आत्मनः of the Self.Commentary This is a beautiful simile. Yogins ote this simile very often when they talk of concentration or steadiness or onepointedness of the mind. A steady mind will serve as a powerful searchlight to find out the hidden spiritual treasures of the Self.
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