'Ātmasaṁsthaṁ manaH kr̥tvā...' - An elucidation by Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyātīrtha Mahāsvāmin

[V Subrahmanian]

Namaste

Recently there was a nice post titled 'The supreme method of YOga' by Sri Sudhanshu Shekhar on Feb 12, 2026.  The post had centered on the Bhagavadgita verse 6.25:

शनैः शनैरुपरमेद्बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।

आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥ २५ ॥ 

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

6.25 One should gradually withdraw with the intellect endowed with steadiness. Making the mind fixed in the Self, one should not think of anything whatsoever.

and the Bhāṣya thereon.

Seeing this, I thought of presenting here an authentic elucidation of this verse and the Bhāṣya thereon by His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyātīrtha Mahāsvāmin (the 35th Pontiff of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham). This rare gem of Vedānta sādhana, in 5 pages, is excerpted from a book titled In Praise of the Perfect Guru which was released recently. 

Here is the link to download the PDF containing just this excerpt:

https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/u-precision-and-perfection-of-bhagavatpadas-bhasya.pdf

warm regards

subbu