यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् ।ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ॥ ६-२६॥

yato yato niścarati manaścañcalamasthiram । tatastato niyamyaitadātmanyeva vaśaṃ nayet ॥ 6-26॥

शनैः शनै = śanaiḥ śanai (adv.), little by little, grad-ually.; 

उपरमेद् = uparamed (3rd sg. optative act. upa *ram), he should cease from action, he should re-nounce action, he should be quiet.; 

बुद्ध्या = buddhyā (f. inst. sg.), by the intelligence, with the intelligence.; 

धृति = dhṛti (f.), firmness, firm, firmly .; 

गृहीतया = gṛhītayā (f. inst. sg. p. pass. participle *grah), grasped, controlled, gripped. (dhṛtigṛhītayā, f. instr. sg. KD cpd., firmly grasped.); 

आत्म = atma- (m.), self, own.; 

संस्थं = saṃsthaṃ (m. acc. sg.), "together standing," fixed, situated together with.; 

मनः = manaḥ (n. acc. sg.), mind, thought.; 

कृत्वा = kṛtvā (gerund *kṛt), making, having made.; 

न = na, not.; 

किञ्चिद = kiñcid, anything, anything whatever.; 

अपि = api, even, also.; 

चिन्तयेत् = cintayet (3rd sg. causative optative act. *cint), he should think of, he should reflect on, he should consider.