Sanskrit

स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः ।

प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ॥

5.27

Transliteration

sparśānkṛtvā bahirbāhyāṃścakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ |

prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

Shutting out (all) external contacts and fixing the gaze between the eyrow, ealising the outgoing and incoming breaths moving within the nostrils.

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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna gives a short outline of meditation, which the sixth chapter will develop fully. The practitioner shuts out external contacts, keeping the sense objects outside the mind. The gaze is fixed between the eyebrows, and the outgoing and incoming breaths, prāṇa and apāna, are made even as they move through the nostrils. These are classic elements of yogic practice: withdrawal of the senses, concentration, and regulation of breath. The sentence continues into the next verse, which describes the inner state such practice supports.

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08