Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Gradually let him become still, with the intellect gripped by patience — having made the mind rest in the Self, let him not think of anything at all.
BG 6.25
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद्बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया | आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ||२५||
śanaiḥ śanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā | ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcid api cintayet || 25 ||
"Gradually, gradually — with patience gripping the intellect — settle the mind into the Self and think of nothing at all."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]With the intellect set in patience, with the mind fastened on the Self, let him attain quietude by degrees; let him not think of anything.
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]Little by little let him gain tranquillity by means of Reason controlled by firmness, making the mind self-rooted, not thinking of anything.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]Let him with patience and firmness of mind withdraw from all things of sense; having established his mind in the Self, let him not think of anything.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]By slow degrees let him attain tranquillity; firm-held his spirit, his thought well-governed; his mind set free from thinking on all else — till, bit by bit, the soul makes haven in the Self.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Step by step let him become quiescent, firmly controlled by his reason; making the mind rest on the Self, let him not think of anything.