सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च ।मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ॥
sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca | mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yogadhāraṇām ||
- सर्वद्वाराणि · sarvadvārāṇi
- all the gates (of the senses)
- संयम्य · saṃyamya
- having closed, restrained
- मनः · manaḥ
- the mind
- हृदि · hṛdi
- in the heart
- निरुध्य · nirudhya
- having confined
- मूर्ध्नि · mūrdhni
- in the head
- आधाय · ādhāya
- having placed
- प्राणम् · prāṇam
- the breath
- आस्थितः · āsthitaḥ
- established in
- योगधारणाम् · yogadhāraṇām
- yogic concentration
“Closing all the gates of the senses, confining the mind in the heart, fixing the breath in the head, established in yogic concentration...”
— Original plain-language translation
The interior posture of the final meditation is drawn step by step. Sense-doors shut, mind gathered inward, energy lifted upward. The next verse supplies the sound and thought that ride this gathered force.
— Reader's notes (original)