Vedantasara - Verse 215

Sanskrit

यदुक्तम् - “लये सम्बोधयेच्चितं विक्षिप्तं शमयेत्पुनः । सकषायं विजानीयात्समप्राप्तं न चालयेत् ॥

नास्वादयेद्रसं तत्र निःसङ्गः प्रज्ञया भवेत्” इति च (गौडपादकारिका ३.४४-४५) “यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता” इति च (गीता ६ - १९)

Swami Nikhilananda's Translation

Thus it has been said: “When the mind is torpid, rouse it; when it is distracted, bring it back to calmness; when it becomes attached, be aware of it; when it is established in equipoise, do not distract it any more. Do not linger on the bliss that comes from the Savikalpa Samadhi, but be unattached through discrimination” (Gaudapada-karika III, 44-45). “As a lamp sheltered from the wind does not flicker, so is a Yogi’s controlled mind (Gita VI-19).

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