Chapter 8: Path to the Supremeअक्षरब्रह्मयोग
8:12
“Controlling all the gates of the body, confining the mind in the heart, fixing the life breath in the head, established in yogic concentration—”
Sanskrit
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च | मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ||
Transliteration
sarva-dvārāṇi saṁyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām
Commentary
The technique continues: close the senses (gates of the body), focus the mind in the heart, raise the life force to the crown of the head, and maintain yogic focus.
Chapter 8
Path to the Supreme