6.14
प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः ।
मनः संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्परः ॥
praśāntātmā vigatabhīr brahmacārivrate sthitaḥ
manaḥ saṃyamya maccitto yukta āsīta matparaḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking. āsīta (आसीत) is the verb that the participles of 6.11–6.14 have been waiting for.
The verse
With the self grown quiet, fear gone, established in the brahmacārin's vow, having drawn the mind in, he should sit yoked, his mind on me, with me as the highest.
नेपालीमा
आत्मा शान्त भएको, डर गएको, ब्रह्मचारीको व्रतमा अडिएको, मन भित्र तानेर, ऊ युक्त भएर बस्नुपर्छ, मन ममा राखेर, मलाई सर्वोच्च मानेर।
Where it sits
The seat, the body, and the gaze were preparation. The verb is "he should sit," and the mind he sits with is turned toward Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). The training is not aimed at a blank.
Split: प्रशान्त-आत्मा + विगत-भीः + ब्रह्मचारि-व्रते + स्थितः + मनः + संयम्य + मत्-चित्तः + युक्तः + आसीत + मत्-परः
praśānta-ātmā + vigata-bhīḥ + brahmacāri-vrate + sthitaḥ + manaḥ + saṃyamya + mat-cittaḥ + yuktaḥ + āsīta + mat-paraḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| प्रशान्त-आत्मा | praśānta-ātmā | nominative singular | whose self has grown quiet. |
| विगत-भीः | vigata-bhīḥ | nominative singular | whose fear has gone. |
| ब्रह्मचारि-व्रते | brahmacāri-vrate | locative singular | in the vow of the brahmacārin, the student of brahman (ब्रह्मन्). |
| स्थितः | sthitaḥ | nominative singular | established. |
| मनः | manaḥ | accusative singular | the mind. |
| संयम्य | saṃyamya | gerund | having drawn it in. |
| मत्-चित्तः | mat-cittaḥ | nominative singular | whose mind is on me. |
| युक्तः | yuktaḥ | nominative singular | yoked. |
| आसीत | āsīta | optative, 3rd singular | he should sit. From ās (आस्). |
| मत्-परः | mat-paraḥ | nominative singular | having me as the highest. |
The phrases
praśāntātmā vigatabhīḥ (प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीः) is the man, quiet and without fear. brahmacārivrate sthitaḥ (ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः) is the vow he sits inside.
manaḥ saṃyamya (मनः संयम्य) is the mind, drawn in. maccittaḥ (मच्चित्तः) and matparaḥ (मत्परः) turn that mind toward the speaker. yuktaḥ āsīta (युक्तः आसीत) is the command the previous verses were building: he should sit, yoked.
vigatabhīḥ (विगतभीः) before b (ब्) is vigatabhīr (विगतभीर्). mat cittaḥ (मत् चित्तः) is maccittaḥ (मच्चित्तः), t (त्) meeting c (च्). yuktaḥ āsīta (युक्तः आसीत) is yukta āsīta (युक्त आसीत).
Sanskrit in this line
mat- (मत्-) is the combining form of "me." It is not a case ending. Inside a compound it means the first person, the speaker. maccittaḥ (मच्चित्तः) is "whose mind is on me." matparaḥ (मत्परः) is "whose highest is me." You cannot read the verse if mat (मत्) is taken as a separate word.
Say it back
How he sits, and toward whom. If matparaḥ (मत्परः) comes out as "his own highest," the speaker has been removed.