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“A steady mind reaches the peace that restlessness can never touch.”
The disciplined yogi, always uniting the mind in this way, attains the supreme peace of freedom rooted in Me.
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A steady yogi keeps the mind gathered and focused, and reaches the highest peace rooted in the divine presence.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Dhyana Yoga" (The Yoga of Meditation).
Verse 15 sits in Chapter 6 of the Bhagavad Gita — Dhyana Yoga, "The Yoga of Meditation". The chapter has 47 verses in total.
You keep a morning practice through a hard year of a new job and a long commute. Krishna promises that a mind held steady in yoga reaches a peace rooted in him, beyond what any good week gives.
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Steady practice of this kind brings the yogi to the peace of nirvana that rests in Krishna.
What this verse means
A steady yogi keeps the mind gathered and focused, and reaches the highest peace rooted in the divine presence.
Context & commentary
Arjuna is being taught how to sit, breathe, and gather the mind without wavering. Krishna now names the result of that practice: a mind held steadily in yoga reaches the highest peace, the calm that ends inner disturbance.
What it looks like today
You keep a morning practice through a hard year of a new job and a long commute. Krishna promises that a mind held steady in yoga reaches a peace rooted in him, beyond what any good week gives.
“Stillness is not found by escaping life, but by training the mind to rest in one place.”
Explore related themes: manas (49 verses), dhyana (31 verses)