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 ||
बुद्धीच्या साहाय्याने मनासह सर्व इंद्रियांना एकत्र करून स्थिर करावे; आणि अनेक विचारण्याजोग्या विषयांचा विचार न करता आत्म्यात तृप्त झाल्यासारखा निश्चिंत व निश्चल राहावे.
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.