प्रयाणकाले मनसाचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव ।भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ॥
prayāṇakāle manasācalena bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva | bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśya samyak sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣam upaiti divyam ||
- प्रयाणकाले · prayāṇakāle
- at the hour of departure
- मनसा अचलेन · manasācalena
- with unmoving mind
- भक्त्या युक्तः · bhaktyā yuktaḥ
- joined with devotion
- योगबलेन · yogabalena
- by the power of yoga
- भ्रुवोः मध्ये · bhruvor madhye
- between the eyebrows
- प्राणम् · prāṇam
- the breath, life-force
- आवेश्य सम्यक् · āveśya samyak
- having fixed rightly
- परम् पुरुषम् · param puruṣam
- the supreme Person
- उपैति · upaiti
- attains
- दिव्यम् · divyam
- luminous, divine
“...at the hour of departure, with steady mind, joined to devotion and the power of yoga, fixing the breath rightly between the eyebrows — that person reaches that supreme divine Person.”
— Original plain-language translation
The yogic technique completes the previous verse: gathered breath, fixed gaze-center, unwavering heart. Devotion and yogic power work together here rather than competing. Compare the meditation seat of Chapter 6 for the practical background.
— Reader's notes (original)