Shloka 5
Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra
तानि सर्वाणि संधाय मन:षष्ठानि मेधया । आत्मतृप्त इवासीत बहुचिन्त्यमचिन्तयन्,मनसहित सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंको बुद्धिके द्वारा स्थिर करके बहुत-से चिन्तनीय विषयोंका चिन्तन न करते हुए अपनी आत्मामें तृप्त-सा होकर निश्चिन्त और निश्चल हो जाय
tāni sarvāṇi sandhāya manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni medhayā | ātma-tṛpta ivāsīt bahu-cintyam acintayan ||
বুদ্ধির দ্বারা মনসহ সমস্ত ইন্দ্রিয়কে একত্র করে স্থির কর; এবং বহু চিন্তনীয় বিষয়ের চিন্তা না করে আত্মায় তৃপ্তের ন্যায় নিশ্চিন্ত ও অচঞ্চল হয়ে অবস্থান কর।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches inward stabilization: collect the senses and mind into unity through discernment (medhā), and rest in self-contentment (ātmatṛpti). Ethical clarity arises when one stops compulsive engagement with countless objects of worry and desire, becoming steady, unagitated, and self-possessed.
Vyāsa describes a person (contextually, a contemplative or disciplined figure) withdrawing the scattered powers of perception and thought, fixing them through intelligence, and abiding in a state of calm self-satisfaction—no longer chasing or elaborating upon the many thinkable concerns that ordinarily disturb the mind.