Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga (Atma-samyama Yoga)Chapter 6, Shloka 15 (6.15)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
युञ्जन्नेवं सदाऽऽत्मानं योगी नियतमानसः
शान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति
॥ 6.15 ॥
yuñjannevaṃ sadā''tmānaṃ yogī niyatamānasaḥ
śāntiṃ nirvāṇaparamāṃ matsaṃsthāmadhigacchati
Translation
"Thus constantly engaging the mind in yoga, the yogi of steady mind attains the peace whose summit is nirvana (liberation), and which abides in Me."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Śāntim uparatiṃ nirvāṇa-paramāṃ nirvāṇaṃ mokṣaḥ tat paramā niṣṭhā yasyāḥ śānteḥ — peace means cessation, whose final culmination is moksha; mat-saṃsthāṃ mad-adhīnām — dependent on Me. And further: idānīṃ yoginaḥ āhārādi-niyama ucyate — now the yogi's rules about food and so on.
Acharya Ramanuja — the Lord as the "auspicious support". Mayi parasmin brahmaṇi puruṣottame manasaḥ śubhāśraye sadā ātmānaṃ mano yuñjan — always fixing the mind on Me, the Supreme Brahman, Purushottama, who am the mind's auspicious support (sacred centre); mat-sparśa-pavitrī-kṛta-mānasatayā niścala-mānasaḥ — the mind made steady because it is purified by My touch; nirvāṇa-kāṣṭhā-rūpāṃ mat-saṃsthāṃ mayi saṃsthitāṃ śāntim. And importantly: ātma-yogam ārabhamāṇasya mano-nairmalya-hetu-bhūtāṃ manaso bhagavati śubhāśraye sthitim — for one beginning the yoga of the self, the cause of the mind's purity is the mind resting in the Lord, the auspicious support.
The difference: For Ramanuja, 6.14–6.15 show that even for vision of the self, the mind must first rest in the Lord — this is one key to his reading of the chapter. For Shankara, "mat-saṃsthā" = the peace dependent on Ishvara, which reaches its summit in moksha.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.