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Bhagavad-gītā 6.25
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 25
- 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
śanaiḥgradually — gradually; śanaiḥstep by step — step by step; uparametone should hold back — one should hold back; buddhyāby intelligence — by intelligence; dhṛticarried by conviction-gṛhītayācarried by conviction — carried by conviction; ātmaplaced in transcendence-saṁsthamplaced in transcendence — placed in transcendence; manaḥmind — mind; kṛtvāmaking — making; nanot — not; kiñcitanything else — anything else; apieven — even; cintayetshould think of — 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.
By proper conviction and intelligence one should gradually cease sense activities. This is called pratyāhāra. The mind, being controlled by conviction, meditation, and cessation from 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.