Chapter VI · Śloka 10
योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः |
एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः ||
एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः ||
yogī yuñjīta satatam ātmānaṃ rahasi sthitaḥ |
ekākī yata-cittātmā nirāśīr aparigrahaḥ ||
ekākī yata-cittātmā nirāśīr aparigrahaḥ ||
A yogī should constantly engage the self in practice, remaining alone in a secluded place, with mind and body restrained, free from desire and the impulse to acquire.
Krishna now prescribes the practical conditions for meditation: solitude, restraint of body and mind, absence of longing for things not yet had, and absence of clinging to things already possessed. These are not permanent conditions but the fertile ground from which steady practice grows.