शनैः शनैरुपरमेद्बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥
śanaiḥ śanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā |ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcid api cintayet ||
- शनैः शनैः · śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
- little by little
- उपरमेत् · uparamet
- should come to rest
- बुद्ध्या · buddhyā
- by intellect
- धृतिगृहीतया · dhṛtigṛhītayā
- held by resolve
- आत्मसंस्थम् · ātmasaṃstham
- resting in the self
- न चिन्तयेत् · na cintayet
- should think of nothing
“Little by little he should come to rest, by intellect held with resolve. Making the mind rest in the self, he should think of nothing else.”
— Original plain-language translation
Hurry is refused twice over: gradualness is the method. Intellect steadied by patience leads the mind home. Thinking of nothing else is the positive face of letting go.
— Reader's notes (original)