Bhagavad Gita BG 6.20
Chapter 6, Verse 20 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया । यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ॥
yatroparamate cittam niruddham yoga-sevaya yatra caivAtmana atmanam pashyan n'atmani tushyati
Meaning
Where the mind, restrained by the practice of yoga, rests in cessation — and where, seeing the Self by the Self, one is content in the Self alone...
Understanding
The beginning of a three-verse description of samadhi (verses 20-22). Yatra (where) — uparamate cittam — the mind rests in cessation (uparamate — upwards-rest, coming to a stop). Niruddham yoga-sevaya — restrained, gathered, by the sevana (service, practice) of yoga. And: atmanatmanam pashyan — seeing the Self by the Self (the subject-object collapse — the seer and seen are the same). Atmani tushyati — content, satisfied, in the Self alone. This triple satisfaction is the beginning of samadhi.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| उपरमते | uparamate | rests in cessation, comes to a stop, subsides |
| निरुद्धम् | niruddham | restrained, gathered, contained |
| योगसेवया | yoga-sevaya | by the practice/service of yoga |
| आत्मनात्मानम् | atmanatmanam | the Self by the Self (seer = seen) |
| तुष्यति | tushyati | is satisfied, is content, rejoices |
| यत्र | yatra | where / when / in which (state the mind rests) |
| चित्तम् | cittam | the mind / the consciousness |
| च एव | caiva | and also / and indeed |
| पश्यन् | paśyan | seeing / beholding (the self by the self) |
| न | na | not (does not move away) |
| आत्मनि | ātmani | in the self / within oneself |