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BG 6.18 — 6.18 When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self only, free from longing for all the objects of desires, then it is said, 'He is united'. | Live Gita
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यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते |
निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा ||६-१८||

yadā viniyataṃ cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate . niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yukta ityucyate tadā ||6-18||


।।6.18।। वश में किया हुआ चित्त जिस कालमें अपने स्वरुपमें ही स्थित हो जाता है और स्वयं सम्पूर्ण पदार्थों नि: स्पृह हो जाता है, उस कालमें वह योगी कहा जाता है।

Word-by-word meanings

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 one

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Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।6.18।।अब यह बतलाते हैं कि ( साधक पुरुष ) कब युक्त ( समाधिस्थ ) हो जाता है वशमें किया हुआ चित्त यानी विशेषरूपसे एकाग्रताको प्राप्त हुआ चित्त जब बाह्य चिन्तनको छोड़कर केवल आत्मामें ही स्थित होता है अपने स्वरूपमें स्थिति लाभ करता है। तब उस समय सब भोगोंकी लालसासे रहित हुआ योगी अर्थात् दृष्ट और अदृष्ट समस्त भोगोंसे जिसकी तृष्णा नष्ट हो गयी है ऐसा योगी युक्त है समाधिस्थ ( परमात्मामें स्थितिवाला ) है ऐसे कहा जाता है।

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Swami Gambirananda

6.18 A man who has become free from hankering for all desirable objects is then said to be Self-absorbed when the controlled mind rests in the Self alone.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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