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Bhagavad Gita 6.18

यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते।निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा॥

yadā viniyataṃ cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate |niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yukta ityucyate tadā ||

When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self alone, free from longing for any of the objects of desire, then it is said, 'He is united'.

Translation by Swami Sivananda · Public domain in India (translator d. 1963)

When the mind is completely controlled, centered in the Self, and free from all earthly desires, then the man is truly spiritual.

Translation by Shri Purohit Swami · Public domain in India (translator d. 1941)

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.

Edition: Common 700-verse recension. Arjuna's opening question in chapter 13, absent from that recension, is kept as 13.0.

Transliteration in IAST, generated from the Devanagari text.

Source: Sanskrit text via gita/gita (Unlicense), from the Gita Supersite, IIT Kanpur. Sanskrit text public domain.