The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The Criterion for Progress 16- 20
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 18
Yada viniyatam chittam atmany eva vatishtate I
Nih spruhah sarva kamebhyah yukta ity uchyate tada II sloka 18
यदा विनियतं चित्तं आत्मनि एव अवतिष्टते ।
निः स्पृहः सर्व कामेभ्यः युक्त इत्य उच्यते तदा ।। श्लोक १८
When the disciplined mind rests in the self alone, free from desire for objects, then is one said to be established in yoga.
Wind creates storm in the sea. The wind of desire creates commotion in the mind. Desirelessness makes the mind constant and pure. Fixed in yoga is that mindwhich is impregnable against all desires. It rejoices exclusively in the self. The yogi endowed with such a sterling mind is naturally adept in meditation
The mustard that gets scattered from a torn bag, cannot easily gathered again. Likewise, the mind dissipated in worldly things does not come under easy control. Possession of the mind in its entirety is yoga. 
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