BG 6.25
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद्बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।
आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥
आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥
śanaiḥ śanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛti-gṛhītayā
ātma-saṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcid api cintayet
ātma-saṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcid api cintayet
Word-for-word meanings
kṛtvā — making; manaḥ — the mind; ātma-saṁstham — established in the self; buddhyā — through the intellect; dhṛti-gṛhītayā — which has been brought under the control of firm resolution [i.e., dhāraṇā]; uparamet — one should quiet [the mind]; śanaiḥ śanaiḥ — gradually; na cintayet — [and] should not think; kiñcit api — [of] anything else.
Translation
Fixing the mind on the self through the intellect, which has been made firmly resolute through meditative concentration [dhāraṇā], one should gradually quiet the mind without thinking of anything else.