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TEXT 19

TEXT 19

Devanagari

Devanagari

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता ।
योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मन: ॥ १९ ॥

Text

Texte

yathā dīpo nivāta-stho
neṅgate sopamā smṛtā
yogino yata-cittasya
yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ
yathā dīpo nivāta-stho
neṅgate sopamā smṛtā
yogino yata-cittasya
yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ

Synonyms

Synonyms

yathā — as; dīpaḥ — a lamp; nivāta-sthaḥ — in a place without wind; na — does not; iṅgate — waver; — 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.

yathā: comme; dīpaḥ: une lampe; nivāta-sthaḥ: en un endroit abrité du vent; na: ne pas; iṅgate: vacille; sā: cette; upamā: comparaison; smṛtā: est considéré; yoginaḥ: le yogī; yata-cittasya: dont le mental est maîtrisé; yuñjataḥ: constamment plongé dans; yogam: la méditation; ātmanaḥ: sur la transcendance.

Translation

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.

Semblable à la flamme qui à l’abri du vent ne vacille pas, le yogī maître de son mental est ferme dans sa méditation sur l’Être transcendant.

Purport

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.

L’homme vraiment conscient de Kṛṣṇa, toujours absorbé dans la transcendance, dans une méditation permanente et sereine sur le Seigneur, objet de son adoration, est aussi constant qu’une flamme à l’abri du vent.