Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।
आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥२५॥
śanaiḥ śanair uparamed
buddhyā dhṛti-gṛhītayā
ātma-saṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtvā
na kiñcid api cintayet
Word for word (synonyms)
- śanaiḥ
- gradually
- śanaiḥ
- step by step
- uparamet
- hesitated
- buddhyā
- by intelligence
- dhṛti-gṛhītayā
- carrying the conviction
- ātma-saṁstham
- placed in transcendence
- manaḥ
- mind
- kṛtvā
- doing so
- na
- nothing
- kiñcit
- anything else
- api
- even
- cintayet
- be thinking of
Translation
Gradually, step by step, with full conviction, one should become situated in trance by means of intelligence, and thus the mind should be fixed on the Self alone and should think of nothing else.
Purport
By proper conviction and intelligence one should gradually cease sense activities. This is called pratyāhāra. The mind, being controlled by conviction, meditation, and cessation of the senses, should be situated in trance, or samādhi. At that time there is no longer any danger of becoming engaged in the material conception of life. In other words, although one is involved with matter as long as the material body exists, one should not think about sense gratification. One should think of no pleasure aside from the pleasure of the Supreme Self. This state is easily attained by directly practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
What this verse teaches
Attaining perfection in Aṣṭāṅga-yoga (Realizing the Supersoul)
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 2
- Bhagavad-gītā 6.21–27 1966-09-14 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 6.25–29 [Sāṅkhya Yoga System] 1969-02-18 · Los Angeles
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