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Verse 6·19

The steady mind is like a lamp in still air

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

Motionless like the light of lamp in a windless place is the controlled consciousness (free from its restless action, shut in from its outward motion) of the Yogin who practices union with the Self.

Gītā 6·19

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in