Chapter 6 · The Yoga of Meditation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 6.25

सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषत: मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्तत: शनै: शनैरुपरमेद्बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया आत्मसंस्थं मन: कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्

saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāns tyaktvā sarvān aśheṣhataḥ manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ śhanaiḥ śhanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛiti-gṛihītayā ātma-sansthaṁ manaḥ kṛitvā na kiñchid api chintayet

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Gradually, step by step, let him come to rest, with an intellect held by firmness; and having fixed the mind in the self, let him think of nothing at all. Śanaiḥ śanaiḥ — slowly, slowly. The pace is prescribed, not merely permitted.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Śanaiḥ śanaiḥ — the slow pace is prescribed, not merely permitted.