1. “yōginaścitta śāṃtyarthaṃ kurvaṃti prāṇa rōdhanaṃ |

prāṇāyāmai stadhā dhyānaiḥ prayōgairyukti kalpitaiḥ |

cittōpaśāṃti phaladaṃ paramama viddhi kāraṇaṃ ||“. (annapūrṇōpaniṣat)

(cittaśāṃtikoṟaku yōgulu prāṇāyāmamu cēyuduru. prāṇāyāmamucēta, yuktitō kūḍina prayōgamulu cētanu citta śāṃti kalugunu).

2. “yānadvilīnaṃ namanō natāvadvāsanā kṣayaḥ |

na kṣīṇa vāsanāyāvattā vaccittaṃ na śāmyati |

yāvanna tatva vijñānaṃ tānaccitta śamaḥ kutaḥ |

yāvanna cittō vaśamō natāvattatva vēdanaṃ ||“.

(manasu eṃtakālamu līnamaipōvakayuṃḍunō aṃtakālamu vāsanalu kṣīṇiṃcavu. vāsanalu kṣīṇiṃcanaṃtakālamu cittamu śāṃtini poṃdadu. tatvajñānamapuḍu cittamunaku śāṃtiyeṭlu kalugunu ?).

3. “yathā niriṃdhanō vahni svayōnā vupaśāmyati |

tathā vṛtti kṣayāccittaṃ svayōnā vupa śāmyati ||“.

(kaṭṭelu vēyani agni eṭlu tānē śāṃtini poṃdunō, aṭlē cittamu dānivṛttulu nirōdhiṃpabaḍagānē śāṃtini poṃdunu).

4. “kuṭuṃba saṃgaṃbuna citta vikṣēpaṃbagu, citta vijaya prayatnaṃbuna sanyasiṃci, saṃgaṃbu varjiṃci, mitaṃbayina bhikṣānnaṃbu bhakṣiṃcucu, śuddha vivikta samapravēśaṃbuna nokkaruṃḍu nāsīnuṃḍai susthiratvaṃbuna braṇavōccāraṇaṃbu sēyucu, rēcaka, pūraka, kuṃbhakaṃbula prāṇāpānaṃbula nirōdhiṃci, kāma hataṃbayina cittaṃbuna baribhramaṇaṃbu māni, kāma visarjanaṃbu sēsi maralunaṃtavaraku nija nāsāgra nirīkṣaṇaṃbu sēyucu, nivvidhaṃbuna yōgābhyāsaṃbu cēyuvāni cittaṃbu kāṣṭarahitaṃbaina vahni teṟaṃguna śāṃtiṃ jeṃdu. kāmādulacēta vēdhiṃpabaḍaka praśāṃta samasta vṛttaṃbayina cittaṃbu brahmasukha sammarśanaṃbuna līnaṃbai maṟiyu negayanēradu”.

(śrīmadāṃdhramahābhāgavatamu- 7 - 15 - 460)