Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 6, Verse 15
युञ्जन्नेवं सदाऽऽत्मानं योगी नियतमानसः।
शान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति।।
शान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति।।
yuñjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī niyata-mānasaḥ
śantiṁ nirvāṇa-paramāṁ mat-sansthām adhigacchati
also searched as "yunjannevam sadatmanam yogi niyatamanasah"
Translation
Applying his mind in this way, the Yogin of controlled mind, ever attains the peace which is the summit of beatitude and which abides in Me.
Vāṇi's rendering
Practicing so, always, the mind reined in, the yogi finds the peace that ends in me — the highest freedom.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| युञ्जन्yuñjan | yoking, keeping joined (before the vowel it becomes yuñjann evam) |
| एवम्evam | thus, in this way |
| सदाsadā | always, without a break |
| आत्मानम्ātmānam | the self |
| योगीyogī | the yogi, the one practicing |
| नियतमानसःniyata-mānasaḥ | whose mind is reined in |
| शान्तिम्śāntim | peace |
| निर्वाणपरमाम्nirvāṇa-paramām | having nirvāṇa as its summit — the highest freedom |
| मत्संस्थाम्mat-saṁsthām | standing in me, having its ground in me |
| अधिगच्छतिadhigacchati | reaches, arrives at |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verse 15 mean?
It closes the sitting instructions with their result. One who keeps the self yoked, always, with the mind held in, reaches peace — and Krishna names that peace twice: nirvāṇa-paramām, the highest freedom, and mat-saṁsthām, resting in him. The practice is not a technique with a vague reward. It has a place it lands.
What is the meaning of yunjannevam sadatmanam yogi niyatamanasah?
Yuñjan means yoking, and evam means in just this way — the way described in the verses before, the seat, the steady gaze, the mind gathered. Sadā adds the hard word: always. Niyata-mānasaḥ is the mind reined in like a horse that still has strength. Nothing here is exotic. It is repetition, held.
Does nirvana in the Gita mean the same as emptiness or extinction?
Krishna does not leave it open. He immediately says mat-saṁsthām — abiding in me. So the ending of restlessness is not the ending of you into nothing; it is arrival somewhere that holds. What goes out is the fever. What remains is a peace with a ground under it.
Why does Krishna insist on always rather than sometimes?
Because the mind returns to whatever it is most often given. An occasional deep sitting does not shape it; a plain one repeated does. Sadā is not severity, it is arithmetic. If you practice only when it feels rewarding, you are training the mind to wait for reward. Sit on the flat days too.
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Commentary
Nirvāṇa, in most mouths, means a flame going out. Krishna gives it a destination. The peace at the end of the practice is not blankness — it is mat-saṁsthām, standing in me. That single word changes the whole discipline. You are not sitting to empty yourself; you are sitting to arrive. And notice what Krishna makes of time here: sadā, always. Not the good mornings, not the sessions that went well. The mind reined in, again, on the ordinary day when nothing happens. The peace is not built by any one sitting. It is the address you reach by keeping the appointment.