स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः | प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ||५-२७||
sparśānkṛtvā bahirbāhyāṃścakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ . prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau ||5-27||
- sparśān
- sense objects, such as sound
- kṛtvā
- keeping
- bahiḥ
- external
- bāhyān
- unnecessary
- cakṣuḥ
- eyes
- ca
- also
- eva
- certainly
- antare
- between
- bhruvoḥ
- the eyebrows
- prāṇa-apānau
- up- and down-moving air
- samau
- in suspension
- kṛtvā
- keeping
- nāsa-abhyantara
- within the nostrils
- cāriṇau
- blowing
Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, senses and intelligence, the transcendentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from desire, fear and anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated.