सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च | मूध्न्यार्धायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ||८-१२||
sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca . mūdhnyā^^rdhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām ||8-12||
- sarva-dvārāṇi
- all the doors of the body
- saṁyamya
- controlling
- manaḥ
- the mind
- hṛdi
- in the heart
- nirudhya
- confining
- ca
- also
- mūrdhni
- on the head
- ādhāya
- fixing
- ātmanaḥ
- of the soul
- prāṇam
- the life air
- āsthitaḥ
- situated in
- yoga-dhāraṇām
- the yogic situation
- iti
- thus
The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in yoga.