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TEXT 25 sanaih sanair uparamed
SYNONYMS  sanaih--gradually;
sanaih--step by step; uparamet--hesitated; buddhya--by
intelligence; dhrti-grhitaya--carrying the conviction; atma-samstham--placed
in transcendence; manah--mind; krtva--doing so; na--not;
kincit--anything else; api--even; cintayet--be thinking
of.
TRANSLATION Gradually,
step by step, with full conviction, one should become situated in trance
by means of intelligence, and thus the mind should be fixed on the Self
alone and should think of nothing else.
PURPORT By proper conviction
and intelligence one should gradually cease sense activities. This is called
pratyahara. The mind, being controlled by conviction, meditation,
and cessation of the senses, should be situated in trance, or samadhi.
At that time there is no longer any danger of becoming engaged in the material
conception of life. In other words, although one is involved with matter
as long as the material body exists, one should not think about sense gratification.
One should think of no pleasure aside from the pleasure of the Supreme
Self. This state is easily attained by directly practicing Krsna consciousness.
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