Chapter 6 · Verse 25 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.25
Sanskrit
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया। आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्।।6.25।।
Transliteration
śhanaiḥ śhanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛiti-gṛihītayā ātma-sansthaṁ manaḥ kṛitvā na kiñchid api chintayet
In plain words
You don't have to fix everything at once, and you don't have to feel calm tomorrow. Krishna says: return to yourself gently, again and again, one small breath at a time—and that patient returning, not the perfection, is what heals you. The mind that is scattered by worry, by anger, by all the things you cannot control will slowly find its way home to what is real inside you, if you stop demanding it to leap there and simply let it settle, like dust falling.
Word by Word
Krishna teaches that meditation is not a leap but a descent—gradual, patient, secured by the intellect that has surrendered to dharma. You do not force the mind into stillness; you gently anchor it in the Self through determined practice, letting go of every other thought like leaves falling from a tree.
In our distracted modern life, this verse gives permission to begin exactly where you are, trusting that small, consistent returns to inner awareness compound into lasting transformation.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.25 — BG 6.25
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