Verse 3 of Prakaraṇa 7 presents a crucial directive for the yogī seeking shanti, or peace. It prescribes that the chitta, the mind, must be directed exclusively through dhyāna, meditation, beyond the realm of sensory experience – vishaya. This signifies a deliberate turning inward, a severing of attachment to the external world and its transient objects. The focus shifts from the mutable, ever-changing vishaya to the immutable paramatman, the Supreme Self, a concept echoing themes found in the Upaniṣads. The attainment of this meditative state, characterized by a withdrawal of the mind from all distractions, is said to generate shanti – a profound and abiding stillness – for the yogin, the one dedicated to the path. This shanti isn’t merely tranquility, but the dissolution of the egoic identification, a fundamental condition for the subsequent unfolding of spiritual realization. It is a state akin to the quietude experienced when the prāṇa flows smoothly, undisturbed by mental turbulence, preparing the individual for deeper meditative absorption.