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
tāni sarvāṇi sandhāya manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni medhayā | ātma-tṛpta ivāsīt bahu-cintyam acintayan ||
அறிவுத்திறனால் மனத்தை ஆறாவதாகக் கொண்டு எல்லாப் புலன்களையும் ஒன்றுசேர்த்து நிலைநிறுத்தி, எண்ணத்திற்குரிய பலவற்றை எண்ணாமல், ஆத்மாவில் நிறைவு பெற்றவனென அமைதியாக அசையாமல் நிலைத்திருப்பான்.
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.