प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः ।मनः संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्परः ॥
praśāntātmā vigatabhīr brahmacārivrate sthitaḥ |manaḥ saṃyamya maccitto yukta āsīta matparaḥ ||
- प्रशान्तात्मा · praśāntātmā
- serene in self
- विगतभीः · vigatabhīḥ
- freed from fear
- ब्रह्मचारिव्रते · brahmacārivrate
- in the vow of celibate discipline
- स्थितः · sthitaḥ
- established
- संयम्य · saṃyamya
- having restrained
- मच्चित्तः · maccittaḥ
- with mind on me
- मत्परः · matparaḥ
- with me as supreme goal
“Serene in self, freed from fear, established in the vow of continence, with mind restrained, thought on me, disciplined, he should sit with me as the supreme goal.”
— Original plain-language translation
Ethics and devotion frame the technique: fearlessness, continence, and Krishna-centered attention. Meditation is not bare mechanics here. The personal Lord is the anchor and horizon together.
— Reader's notes (original)