Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 25

शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया । आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्

śanaiḥ śanairuparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā | ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcidapi cintayet

Translation

Little by little let him withdraw, by reason (buddhi) held in firmness; keeping the mind established in the Self, let him not think of anything.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

śanaiḥ

gradually

śanaiḥ

gradually

uparamet

let (him) cease (from activity)

buddhyā

by the reason

dhṛtigṛhītayā

by firmness, (by) seized

ātmasaṃstham

self-seated

manaḥ

the mind

kṛtvā

having made

na

not

kiñcit

anything

api

also

cintayet

let him think

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

He should make the mind constantly abide in the Self, bearing in mind that the Self is all and that nothing else exists. This is the highest form of Yoga.