6.25 शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया। आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्
śanaiḥ śanair
Word meanings
śhanaiḥ—gradually;śhanaiḥ—gradually;uparamet—attain peace;buddhyā—by intellect;dhṛiti-gṛihītayā—achieved through determination of resolve that is in accordance with scriptures;ātma-sanstham—fixed in God;manaḥ—mind;kṛitvā—having made;na—not;kiñchit—anything;api—even;chintayet—should think of
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Very slowly remain still, keeping the mind well established in the Self by means of the intellect held in steadiness; and let him not think of anything (object).
Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace; and, fixing his mind on the Self, let him not think of any other thing.
Little by little one should withdraw oneself from the objects other than the self with the help of the intellect held by firm resolution; and then one should think of nothing else, having fixed the mind upon the self.
One should gradually withdraw with the intellect endowed with steadiness. Making the mind fixed in the Self, one should not think of anything whatsoever.
Little by little let him attain to quietude by the intellect held firmly; having made the mind establish itself in the Self, let him not think of anything.
6.27 प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम्। उपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम्
praśānta
Word meanings
praśhānta—peaceful;manasam—mind;hi—certainly;enam—this;yoginam—yogi;sukham uttamam—the highest bliss;upaiti—attains;śhānta-rajasam—whose passions are subdued;brahma-bhūtam—endowed with God-realization;akalmaṣham—without sin
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Indeed, the Supreme Bliss comes to this highly tranquil-minded man of Yoga, whose passions remain stilled, who has become one with the Brahman, and who is free from sins.
Supreme Bliss is the lot of the sage, whose mind attains Peace, whose passions subside, who is without sin, and who becomes one with the Absolute.
For supreme happiness comes to the Yogin whose mind is at peace, who is free of evil, from whom the Rajas has departed, and who has become the Brahman.
Supreme Bliss comes to this yogi alone whose mind has become perfectly tranquil, whose (quality of) rajas has been eliminated, who has become identified with Brahman, and is taintless.
Supreme bliss verily comes to this Yogi whose mind is quite peaceful, whose passion is quieted, who has become Brahman, and who is free from sin.
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.26 यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्
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Word meanings
niśhcharati—wanders;manaḥ—the mind;chañchalam—restless;asthiram—unsteady;tataḥ tataḥ—from there;niyamya—having restrained;etat—this;ātmani—on God;eva—certainly;vaśham—control;nayet—should bring
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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By whatever things the shaky and unsteady mind strays, let him restrain it from those things and bring it back under the control of the Self alone.
When the volatile and wavering mind would wander, let him restrain it and bring it again to its allegiance to the Self.
Wherever the fickle and unsteady mind wanders, he should subdue it then and there bring it back under the control of the self alone.
(The yogi) should bring (this mind) under the subjugation of the Self Itself, by restraining it from all those causes whatever due to which the restless, unsteady mind wanders away.
From whatever cause the restless, unsteady mind wanders away, from that let him restrain it and bring it under the control of the Self alone.
