शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया | आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ||६-२५||
śanaiḥ śanairuparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā . ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcidapi cintayet ||6-25||
- śanaiḥ
- gradually
- śanaiḥ
- step by step
- uparamet
- one should hold back
- buddhyā
- by intelligence
- dhṛti-gṛhītayā
- carried by conviction
- ātma-saṁstham
- placed in transcendence
- manaḥ
- mind
- kṛtvā
- making
- na
- not
- kiñcit
- anything else
- api
- even
- cintayet
- should think of
Gradually, step by step, one should become situated in trance by means of intelligence sustained by full conviction, and thus the mind should be fixed on the Self alone and should think of nothing else.