स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः ।प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ॥
sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāṃś cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ |prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau ||
- स्पर्शान् · sparśān
- contacts
- बहिः · bahiḥ
- outside
- कृत्वा · kṛtvā
- having shut out
- चक्षुः · cakṣuḥ
- gaze
- भ्रुवोः अन्तरे · bhruvoḥ antare
- between the eyebrows
- प्राणापानौ · prāṇāpānau
- in-breath and out-breath
- समौ · samau
- even
- नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ · nāsābhyantaracāriṇau
- moving within the nostrils
“Shutting out outer contacts, fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, making the in-breath and out-breath even as they move within the nostrils —”
— Original plain-language translation
The verse begins a compact meditation manual completed in 5.28. Senses withdraw, gaze gathers, breath equalizes. This is an early preview of the fuller dhyana-yoga of Chapter 6.
— Reader's notes (original)