6.25
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।
आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥
śanaiḥ śanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā
ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcid api cintayet
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking. uparamet (उपरमेत्) is the verb the gerunds of 6.24 were waiting for.
The verse
Little by little he should come to rest, by an understanding gripped by firmness, and, having set the mind in the self, he should not think of anything at all.
नेपालीमा
दृढताले समातेको बुद्धिद्वारा ऊ बिस्तारै बिस्तारै विश्राममा आउनुपर्छ। मनलाई आत्मामा राखेर उसले केही पनि सोच्नु हुँदैन।
Where it sits
6.24 cleared desire and drew the senses in. This verse is the mind's own step, and it is slow on purpose. The next verse says what to do when the mind will not stay.
Split: शनैः + शनैः + उपरमेत् + बुद्ध्या + धृति-गृहीतया + आत्म-संस्थम् + मनः + कृत्वा + न + किञ्चित् + अपि + चिन्तयेत्
śanaiḥ + śanaiḥ + uparamet + buddhyā + dhṛti-gṛhītayā + ātma-saṃstham + manaḥ + kṛtvā + na + kiñcit + api + cintayet
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| शनैः | śanaiḥ | indeclinable | slowly. |
| शनैः | śanaiḥ | indeclinable | slowly. Said twice, "little by little." |
| उपरमेत् | uparamet | optative, 3rd singular | he should come to rest. |
| बुद्ध्या | buddhyā | instrumental singular | by the understanding. |
| धृति-गृहीतया | dhṛti-gṛhītayā | instrumental singular | held by firmness. Agrees with buddhyā (बुद्ध्या). |
| आत्म-संस्थम् | ātma-saṃstham | accusative singular | set in the self. Agrees with manaḥ (मनः). |
| मनः | manaḥ | accusative singular | the mind. |
| कृत्वा | kṛtvā | gerund | having made. |
| न | na | indeclinable | not. |
| किञ्चित् | kiñcit | accusative singular | anything. |
| अपि | api | indeclinable | at all. |
| चिन्तयेत् | cintayet | optative, 3rd singular | he should think. |
The phrases
śanaiḥ śanaiḥ uparamet (शनैः शनैः उपरमेत्) is the pace. Little by little he should come to rest. buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā (बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया) is the instrument: an understanding that firmness has hold of.
आत्मसंस्थम् मनः कृत्वा ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā puts the mind in the self. न किञ्चित् अपि चिन्तयेत् na kiñcit api cintayet stops the next motion. He should not think of anything at all.
śanaiḥ uparamet (शनैः उपरमेत्) is śanair uparamet (शनैरुपरमेत्). uparamet buddhyā (उपरमेत् बुद्ध्या) is uparamed buddhyā (उपरमेद् बुद्ध्या). किञ्चित् अपि kiñcit api is kiñcidapi (किञ्चिदपि).
Sanskrit in this line
dhṛtigṛhītayā (धृतिगृहीतया) is instrumental feminine, and it agrees with buddhyā (बुद्ध्या), also instrumental feminine. The firmness has gripped the understanding. Agreement is how you know dhṛti (धृति) describes buddhi (बुद्धि) and not the mind. The mind is neuter, manaḥ (मनः), and it takes ātmasaṃstham (आत्मसंस्थम्). Final t (त्) of the optative, before a voiced b (ब्), is d (द्): uparamed (उपरमेद्).
Say it back
The pace, the instrument, and what he does not think. If śanaiḥ śanaiḥ (शनैः शनैः) comes out as "all at once," stay here.