vijātīya-pratyayāntarāvyavahitam eka-cintanaṁ dhyānam |
(Govinda-bhāṣya and Śrī-bhāṣya on Vedānta-sūtra: 4.1.7)
“Meditation (dhyāna) means thought of one [i.e., one subject] uninterrupted by other, dissimilar cognitions.”
smaranti ca |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 4.1.10)
“They remember as well [i.e., the Smṛti-śāstras also state this].”
acalatvaṁ cāpekṣya |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 4.1.9)
“It [i.e., meditation] certainly depends on motionlessness.”
āsīnaḥ sambhavāt |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 4.1.7)
“Being seated [one should meditate on Śrī Hari], because of possibility [i.e., because it is only possible to meditate while seated].”
duḥkha-sāre saṁsāre virajya harir evānandamayo dhyeyaḥ sudhiyā … |
(Govinda-bhāṣya on Vedānta-sūtra: 3.1.28)
“Remaining disinterested in saṁsāra, the essence of which is suffering, Hari, the embodiment of bliss, is to be meditated upon by the wise.”
viraktir indriyārthānāṁ syād arocakatā svayam ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.3.30)
“A self-manifest absence of taste for objects of the senses shall be [considered] non-attachment (virakti).”
animiṣaḥ śrī-viṣṇuḥ | alupta-dṛṣṭitvāt |
(Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.1.4)
“Animiṣa [lit. “he who is unblinking”] refers to Śrī Viṣṇu because of his vision being unchecked.”
nānyatra mad bhagavataḥ pradhāna-puruṣeśvarāt |
ātmanaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ bhayaṁ tīvraṁ nivartate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.25.41)
“Intense fear [i.e., the plight of sāṁsārika existence] retreats from [i.e., ceases because of taking shelter in] me, Bhagavān, the foremost Puruṣa and Īśvara, the Ātma of all beings, and not from anywhere else.”
nāvirato duścaritān nāśānto nāsamāhitaḥ |
nāśānta-mānaso vāpi prajñānenainam āpnuyāt ||
(Kaṭha Upaniṣad: 1.2.24; cited in the Govinda-bhāṣya on Vedānta-sūtra: 3.3.54; Gītā-bhūṣaṇa-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 9.31)
“Neither one who has not desisted from misbehavior, nor one who is devoid of peace [i.e., devoid of control of the senses], nor one who is not steadfast [alt., concentrated], nor one whose mind is devoid of peace, can attain this [i.e., the Ātmā] through knowledge.”
