BG 6.8
युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्ट्राश्मकाञ्चनः ॥
yukta ity ucyate yogī sama-loṣṭrāśma-kāñcanaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
tṛpta-ātmā — [the person] whose heart is satisfied; jñāna — [through] knowledge; vijñāna — [and] immediate realization; kūṭa-sthaḥ — who is steady [under all circumstances]; vijita-indriyaḥ — whose senses are under control; sama — [and] who regards with equal vision; loṣṭra — a lump of earth; aśma — a stone; kāñcanaḥ — [and] a piece of gold; yuktaḥ — [such a person] who is united [with the Supreme] through yoga [yoga-ārūḍhaḥ]; ucyate — is called; yogī iti — “a yogī.”
Translation
The person whose heart is satisfied through knowledge and immediate realization, who is steady under all circumstances, whose senses are under control, and who regards with equal vision a lump of earth, a stone, and a piece of gold — such a person who is united [with the Supreme] through yoga ( yukta*) is called a yogī.
Notes
* The word yukta can mean united, possessed of, endowed with, moderate, balanced, and so on. It comes from the root √yuj which means “to unite,” which is also the root for the word yoga.