Bhagavad Gita 6.25 Meaning: Shanaihshanairuparamed buddhya

Bhagavad Gita 6.25

शनैःशनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥

Shanaihshanairuparamed buddhya dhritigrihitayaAtmasanstham manah kritva na kinchidapi chintayet

śanaiḥśanairuparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā |ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcidapi cintayet ||

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Our explanation Little by little he should become still, with the understanding held firm, and making the mind rest in the self, he should think of nothing else.

हिंदी अर्थ धीरे-धीरे, धैर्य से थामी हुई बुद्धि के साथ, वह शांत हो; और मन को आत्मा में स्थित करके कुछ और न सोचे।

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शनैःशनैः śanaiḥśanaiḥ · little by little (indeclinable) Dictionary: śanais, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1051, col. 3 “quietly, softly, gently, gradually”
उपरमेत् uparamet · should become still (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: upa-ram, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 204, col. 3 “to cease from action, be inactive or quiet (as a quietist)”
बुद्ध्या buddhyā · with the understanding (noun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 3 “intelligence, reason, intellect, mind, discernment, judgment”
धृतिगृहीतया dhṛtigṛhītayā · held by firmness (compound (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: dhṛti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 519, col. 3 “firmness, constancy, resolution”; gṛhīta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 362, col. 3 “grasped, taken, seized, caught, held, laid hold of”
आत्मसंस्थम् ātmasaṃstham · resting in the self (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: ātma-saṃstha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 3 “based on or connected with the person”
मनः manaḥ · the mind (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”
कृत्वा kṛtvā · making (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
किञ्चित् kiñcit · anything (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: kiṃ-cid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 283, col. 1 “something”
अपि api · at all (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
चिन्तयेत् cintayet · should think (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: cint, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 398, col. 1 “to think, have a thought or idea, reflect, consider”

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