TEXT 19
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो
नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता ।
योगिनो यतचित्तस्य
युञ्जतो योगम् आत्मनः ॥ १९ ॥
yathā dīpo nivāta-stho
neṅgate sopamā smṛtā
yogino yata-cittasya
yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ
SYNONYMS
yathā—as; dīpaḥ—a lamp; nivāta-sthaḥ—in a place without wind; na—does not; iṅgate—waver; sā—this; upamā—comparison; smṛtā—is considered; yoginaḥ—of the yogī; yata-cittasya—whose mind is controlled; yuñjataḥ—constantly engaged; yogam—in meditation; ātmanaḥ—on transcendence.
TRANSLATION
As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady in his meditation on the transcendent self.
PURPORT
A truly Kṛṣṇa conscious person, always absorbed in transcendence, in constant undisturbed meditation on his worshipable Lord, is as steady as a lamp in a windless place.
