yadā–When; viniyatam–the disciplined; chittam–heart; avatiṣṭhate–dwells; ātmani eva–in the soul alone; tadā–then; niḥspṛhaḥ–that person detached; sarva-kāmebhyaḥ–from all desires; uchyate–is described; yuktaḥ iti–as actually in yoga. [18]

When a yogī withdraws the mind from mundane thoughts and centres it unwaveringly in the self, then, free from mundane desires, he is said to be actually situated in yoga, or linked with the Absolute.