Gita Bhashya -Sankara 264

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -6

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Śanaih śanair-uparamed-buddhyā dhrti-gihītayā
Ātnut-samstham manah krtvā na kiñcidapi cintctye!

25. let him attain quietude by slow degrees, with intellect held by firmness; keeping the mind established in the Self, let him not think of anything.

let him attain quietude by slow degrees, not suddenly or all at once; with what? - with the intellect held by firmness, i.e. possessed of steadiness; keeping the mind established in the Self i.e. making it abide in the Self with the thought that the Self alone is All and tliat nothing else exists, let him not think of anything.

This[1] is the supreme precept concerning Yoga.

Now. for the yogin who engages in making the mind thus abide in the Self-

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References and Context

  1. Namely, the steadiness of the mind. (Ā)