6.14 Serene, and fearless Krishna speaks

प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः
मनः संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्परः

praśhāntātmā vigata-bhīr brahmachāri-vrate sthitaḥ
manaḥ sanyamya mach-chitto yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ

serene, fearless, holding to the vow of continence, mind restrained and turned on me — so one should sit, intent on me as the goal.

Explanation

Serene, and fearless.

vigata-bhīḥ — fear gone. In a book that opened with a man paralysed by it, its appearance in a list of postural instructions is worth noticing.

And then the turn outward: mind restrained and turned on me. The technique has been entirely impersonal for four verses, and here it acquires an object.

Word by word

praśhānta: serene
ātmā: mind
vigata-bhīḥ: fearless
brahmachāri-vrate: in the vow of celibacy
sthitaḥ: situated
manaḥ: mind
sanyamya: having controlled
mat-chittaḥ: meditate on me (Shree Krishna)
yuktaḥ: engaged
āsīta: should sit
mat-paraḥ: having me as the supreme goal