समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः ।सम्प्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् ॥
samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayann acalaṃ sthiraḥ |samprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaś cānavalokayan ||
- समम् · samam
- straight, even
- कायशिरोग्रीवम् · kāyaśirogrīvam
- torso, head, and neck
- धारयन् · dhārayan
- holding
- अचलम् · acalam
- unmoving
- स्थिरः · sthiraḥ
- steady
- सम्प्रेक्ष्य · samprekṣya
- gazing at
- नासिकाग्रम् · nāsikāgram
- tip of the nose
- दिशः · diśaḥ
- directions
“Holding torso, head, and neck straight and unmoving, steady, gazing at the tip of his own nose without looking around.”
— Original plain-language translation
Posture becomes upright and still so breath and attention can settle. The nose-tip gaze is a device for drawing sight inward. Looking nowhere outward, the yogi looks deeply within.
— Reader's notes (original)