SYNONYMS

yatha–as; dipah–a lamp; nivata-sthah–in a place without wind; na–does not; ingate–waver; sa upama–compared to that; smrta–likened; yoginah–of the yogi; yata-cittasya–whose mind is controlled; yunjatah–constantly engaged in; yogam–meditation; atmanah–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.