Chapter 8 Verse 12 of 28

• sarva-dvārāṇi saḿyamya
• mano hṛdi nirudhya ca
• mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam
• āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām

Translation

The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in yoga.

Synonyms

• dvārāṇi

  all the doors of the body

• saḿyamya

  controlling

• manaḥ

  the mind

• hṛdi

  in the heart

• nirudhya

  confining

• ca

  also

• mūrdhni

  on the head

• ādhāya

  fixing

• ātmanaḥ

  of the soul

• prāṇam

  the life air

• āsthitaḥ

  situated in

• dhāraṇām

  the yogic situation.

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