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Bhagavad Gita 6.20

यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया। यत्र चैवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति।।

yatroparamate chittaṁ niruddhaṁ yoga-sevayā yatra chaivātmanātmānaṁ paśhyann ātmani tuṣhyati

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yatrayatrawhen
uparamateuparamaterejoice inner joy
chittamchittamthe mind
niruddhamniruddhamrestrained
yoga-sevayāyoga-sevayāby the practice of yog
yatrayatrawhen
chachaand
evaevacertainly
ātmanāātmanāthrough the purified mind
ātmānamātmānamthe soul
paśhyanpaśhyanbehold
ātmaniātmaniin the self
tuṣhyatituṣhyatiis satisfied

When the mind, restrained by the practice of yoga, attains quietude, and when one sees the Self by the Self, they are satisfied in their own Self.

योगका सेवन करनेसे जिस अवस्थामें निरुध्द चित्त उपराम हो जाता है तथा जिस अवस्थामें स्वयं अपने-आपमें अपने-आपको देखता हुआ अपने-आपमें सन्तुष्ट हो जाता है।।