Topic

Pratyahara

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on pratyahara. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Chapter 5 • Verse 27 →The Yoga of Renunciation
Sparshan kritvva bahir bahyams cakshush caivantare bhruvoh, pranapanau samau kritvva nasabhyantara-carinau

Shutting out external sense objects, fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, equalizing the outgoing and incoming breaths moving within the nostrils — this describes the preliminary posture and pranayama for deep meditation.

  • •Withdrawing from external sense contact is the first step in meditation
  • •Focusing the gaze between the eyebrows steadies the mind
  • •Balancing prana and apana through breath creates inner equilibrium
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Chapter 8 • Verse 12 →The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
Sarva-dvarani samyamya mano hridi nirudhya ca, murdhny adhayatmanah pranam asthito yoga-dharanam

Closing all the doors of the body, fixing the mind in the heart, drawing the life-force to the crown of the head, and establishing oneself in yogic concentration — this is the practice for liberation. This verse describes the precise yogic technique: withdrawing the senses, interiorizing the mind, and redirecting the prana upward through the spine.

  • •Withdrawing the senses from external objects is the first step in yogic liberation
  • •The mind must be fixed in the heart before the prana can be directed upward
  • •The crown of the head (brahmarandhra) is the portal for liberation
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