For one of conquered self, by whom the aggregate of effect and instrument has been conquered, who is at deep peace, of serene inner instrument, a renouncer, the supreme Self is composed, stands present in the very form of the Self in direct realisation. Further, in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, and in honour and dishonour, in worship and contempt, let him be the same.

For one who has mastered the self, who has conquered the mind, whose mind is free of disorder amid cold, heat, pleasure, pain, honour, and dishonour, who is at peace, the supreme Self is well concentrated in the mind. The inner self, abiding in its own form, is here called the 'supreme Self', since it is the topic, and since, in relation to each lower state, it is supreme. Or the connection is 'the self is supremely concentrated'.

Krishna states the fruit for one whose self is conquered, with 'of one whose self is conquered'. For one whose self is conquered becomes wholly calmed, and his mind for the most part does not go out to objects; and then the supreme Self is well set, present near in his heart, that is, he becomes a man of direct knowledge. Krishna makes the mark of the man of direct knowledge clear, with 'in cold and heat' and the rest. He is unchanging (kutastha) amid cold, heat and the rest, and the words 'his self contented with knowledge and discernment, his senses conquered' give the ground of that unchangingness. 'Discernment' (vijnana) is the knowledge of particulars, or direct knowledge. So it is said, 'those particulars of Me which are not known by general traits are the sphere of the gods; that knowledge of the gods and the rest is proclaimed as vijnana', and 'the knowledge that arises from hearing and from reflection, that knowledge is the sight of Vishnu, the vijnana, Shambhu said; vijnana is knowledge made distinct by the limbs and the rest, and so is the seeing'. 'Kutastha' means changeless, by the derivation 'standing as a peak (kuta) stands'; or 'kuta' is space, by the lexicon, 'kuta, kha, vidala, vyoma, sandhi, are names for space'. 'Yogin' means one doing yoga; 'yukta' means one complete in yoga. The sense is that such a practitioner of yoga is called complete in yoga.