The purest joy comes to the Yogin who has quelled the restlessness within him, whose mind has attained calm, and who. thus purified, has attained his true self and turned himself to the Infinite.
VI-27
The following slokas in the 12th Adhyaya describe the man who has attained this ideal serenity of mind:-
He who has no hatred, and is a friend of all living things, fall of compassion, without the feeling of "I" or "Mine," balanced in pleasure and pain, and ever forbearing.
XII-13
Content always and yoked to the Spirit, self-controlled, resolute, with emotion and understanding, dedicated to Me, he is My devotee, and is dear to Me.
XII-14
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