Shloka 18
अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते । निःस्पृह: सर्वकामे भ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा
yadā viniyataṁ cittam ātmany evāvatiṣṭhate | niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yukta ity ucyate tadā ||
যখন সম্পূর্ণ সংযত চিত্ত আত্মাতেই স্থির হয়ে থাকে, এবং সকল কাম্যবস্তুর প্রতি স্পৃহাহীন হয়, তখন তাকে ‘যুক্ত’—যোগে প্রতিষ্ঠিত—বলা হয়।
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person is truly established in Yoga when the disciplined mind rests steadily in the Self and craving for all sense-objects and enjoyments has fallen away; inner stability and desirelessness are the marks of yogic integration.
Arjuna is asking about the defining signs of one who is firmly established in Yoga; this verse states the criterion in terms of mental restraint, inward abiding in the Self, and freedom from desire.