śanaiḥ śanair uparamed
buddhyÄ dhá¹›ti-gá¹›hÄ«tayÄ
Ätma-saá¹sthaá¹ manaḥ ká¹›tvÄ
na kiñcid api cintayet
Å›anaiḥ - gradually; Å›anaiḥ - step by step; uparamet - one should hold back; buddhyÄ - by intelligence; dhá¹›ti-gá¹›hÄ«tayÄ - carried by conviction; Ätma-saá¹stham - placed in transcendence; manaḥ - mind; ká¹›tvÄ - making; na - not; kiñcit - anything else; api - even; cintayet - should think of.
By proper conviction and intelligence one should gradually cease sense activities. This is called pratyÄhÄra. The mind, being controlled by conviction, meditation and cessation from the senses, should be situated in trance, or samÄdhi. At that time there is no longer any danger of becoming engaged in the material conception of life. In other words, although one is involved with matter as long as the material body exists, one should not think about sense gratiï¬cation. One should think of no pleasure aside from the pleasure of the Supreme Self. This state is easily attained by directly practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.