Vaishnava Redux

When the thought-organ - controlled,
   Settles on the self alone,
The man free from longing for all desires,
   Is then called disciplined.

As a lamp stationed in windless place
   Flickers not, this image is recorded
Of the disciplined man controlled in thought,
   Practising discipline of the self.

When the thought organ comes to rest,
   Checked by the practice of Yoga,
And when, the self by the Self
   Contemplating, he finds satisfaction in the Self;

 That supernal bliss which
   Is attainable by the consciousness and is beyond the senses -
 Which having obtained, he is not in the least
   Moved from, established within it, that Truth;

 Which having gained,
   Considers no other again superior;
 In which established, by no misery
   However grievous is he moved;

This (state), let him know - from conjunction with misery.
   The disjunction thereof - is known as Yoga (union);
With determination this must be practiced, this
   Yoga, with a heart free of despondency.