जितासनो जितश्वास: प्रत्याहृतषडिन्द्रिय: । हरिभावनया ध्वस्तरज:सत्त्वतमोमल: ॥ ५४ ॥
jitasano jita-svasah pratyahrta-sad-indriyah hari-bhavanaya dhvasta- rajah-sattva-tamo-malah
- jita-asanah
- one who has controlled the sitting posture
- jita-svasah
- one who has controlled the breathing process
- pratyahrta
- turning back
- sat
- six
- indriyah
- senses
- hari
- the Absolute Personality of Godhead
- bhavanaya
- absorbed in
- dhvasta
- conquered
- rajah
- passion
- sattva
- goodness
- tamah
- ignorance
- malah
- contaminations.
One who has controlled the sitting postures (the yogic asanas) and the breathing process can turn the senses toward the Absolute Personality of Godhead and thus become immune to the contaminations of the modes of material nature, namely mundane goodness, passion and ignorance.