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6.20Krishna
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यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया ।यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ॥

yatroparamate cittaṃ niruddhaṃ yogasevayā |yatra caivātmanātmānaṃ paśyann ātmani tuṣyati ||

यत्र · yatra
where, in which state
उपरमते · uparamate
comes to rest
चित्तम् · cittam
mind
निरुद्धम् · niruddham
restrained
पश्यन् · paśyan
seeing
तुष्यति · tuṣyati
is content

When the restrained mind comes to rest through practice of yoga, and when seeing the self by the self he is content in the self —

Original plain-language translation

A four-verse sequence on the joy of absorption begins here and runs through 6.23. Restraint leads to rest, and self-seeing to self-contentment. The sentence completes in the verses that follow.

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