मौनं सदासनजय: स्थैर्यं प्राणजय: शनै: । प्रत्याहारश्चेन्द्रियाणां विषयान्मनसा हृदि ॥ ५ ॥
maunam sad-asana-jayah sthairyam prana-jayah sanaih pratyaharas cendriyanam visayan manasa hrdi
- maunam
- silence
- sat
- good
- asana
- yogic postures
- jayah
- controlling
- sthairyam
- steadiness
- prana-jayah
- controlling the vital air
- sanaih
- gradually
- pratyaharah
- withdrawal
- ca
- and
- indriyanam
- of the senses
- visayat
- from the sense objects
- manasa
- with the mind
- hrdi
- on the heart.
One must observe silence, acquire steadiness by practicing different yogic postures, control the breathing of the vital air, withdraw the senses from sense objects and thus concentrate the mind on the heart.