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.