Chapter VI · Śloka 20
यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया |
यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ||
यत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ||
yatroparamate cittaṃ niruddhaṃ yoga-sevayā |
yatra caivātmanātmānaṃ paśyann ātmani tuṣyati ||
yatra caivātmanātmānaṃ paśyann ātmani tuṣyati ||
In that state where the mind, restrained by the practice of yoga, becomes still — in that state, seeing the self by the self alone, one is satisfied in the self.
The moment of stillness is self-validating: the mind that has come to rest does not need an external confirmation that it has arrived. Seeing the self by the self — not through the apparatus of sense and thought but directly — is the very definition of yogic insight.