Chapter 6 · Verse 20 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.20
Sanskrit
यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया। यत्र चैवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति।।6.20।।
Transliteration
yatroparamate chittaṁ niruddhaṁ yoga-sevayā yatra chaivātmanātmānaṁ paśhyann ātmani tuṣhyati
In plain words
You are exhausted from the noise—the obsessing, the planning, the fear, the endless turning over of what you've lost or what might go wrong. Krishna says: there is a place inside you, deeper than all of that, where your mind can finally rest, and when it does, you meet yourself as whole, not broken. That peace you're looking for isn't somewhere else. It's the stillness underneath everything that's been churning.
Word by Word
When the restless mind finally comes to stillness through dedicated practice, a miracle unfolds: the self beholds itself. This is not escape from the world, but arrival at your own deepest truth—a joy so complete that the soul asks for nothing more.
In the noise of modern life, this verse calls you to that sacred silence where you discover you are already whole.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.20 — BG 6.20
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