"Like the flame of a lamp in a windless place..." Bhagavad Gita 6.19

I have been using this verse of the Bhagavad Gita as a theme for the past few yoga classes.

Here are a few different versions.

"As a lamp in a windless place

Does not flicker, to such is compared

The yogin of controlled mind,

Performing the yoga of the Self."

The Bhagavad Gita, by Winthrop Sargeant

"When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place."

The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran

"A lamp sheltered from the wind

which does not flicker" - to this

is compared the true man of yoga

whose mind has vanished in the Self"

Bhagavad Gita, translation by Stephen Mitchel

"The well-trained mind of a yogi, concentrating

on the Self, is as steady as a flame in a windless place."

The Living Gita, by Sri Swami Satchitananda

Read it in Sanskrit (from The Bhagavad Gita, by Winthrop Sargeant):

Check out this commentary, including a recording of the recitation in Sanskrit: BG 6.19: Chapter 6, Verse 19 - Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God – Swami Mukundananda

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