BG 6.18

यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते ।
निस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा ॥
yadā viniyataṁ cittam ātmany evāvatiṣṭhate
nispṛhaḥ sarva-kāmebhyo yukta ity ucyate tadā

Word-for-word meanings

yadā — when;  viniyatam — the disciplined;  cittam — mind;  avatiṣṭhate — remains fixed;  ātmani eva — in the self alone;  nispṛhaḥ — [and one is] free from desire;  sarva — for all types;  kāmebhyaḥ — of sense enjoyments;  tadā — then;  ucyate — one is called;  yuktaḥ iti — “yukta” [a person firmly established in yoga].

Translation

When the disciplined mind remains fixed in the self alone and one is free from hankering for all types of sense enjoyment, then one is called yukta, a person firmly established in yoga.

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