Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verse 19
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 6 श्लोक 19

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता।
योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः।।6.19।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
6.19 As a lamp kept in a windless place does not flicker, such is the simile thought of for the yogi whose mind is under control, and who is engaged in concentration on the Self.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
6.19 As a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker  to such is compared the Yogi of controlled mind, practising Yoga in the Self (or absorbed in the Yoga of the Self).


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
6.19. Just as a lamp in the windless place does not shake - This simile is recalled in the case of the man of Yoga, with subdued mind,  practising the Yoga in the Self.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 6.19Yathaa deepo nivaatastho nengate sopamaa smritaa;
Yogino yatachittasya yunjato yogamaatmanah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 6.19yathā—as; dīpaḥ—a lamp; nivāta-sthaḥ—in a windless place; na—does not; iṅgate—flickers; sā—this; upamā—analogy; smṛitā—is considered; yoginaḥ—of a yogi; yata-chittasya—whose mind is disciplined; yuñjataḥ—steadily practicing; yogam—in meditation; ātmanaḥ—on the Supreme