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Chapter 5

<< Chapter 5 verse 26

SlOkam – Original

sparSAn kruthvA bahir bAhyAmS chakshuS chaivAntharE bhruvO: |
prANApAnau samau kruthvA nAsAbhyantharachAriNau ||

word-by-word meaning (based on puththUr krishNamAchArya swAmy’s thamizh translation)

bAhyAn sparSAn – external contacts of sense objects
bahi: kruthvA – shutting out
chakshu: cha – both the eyes
bhruvO: antharE Eva (kruthvA) – fixing between the brows
nAsAbhyanthara chAriNau – which circulate inside nostrils
prANa apAnau – the vital airs such prANa, apAna
samau kruthvA – equalizing

Simple Translation (based on puththUr krishNamAchArya swAmy’s thamizh translation)

Shutting out external contacts of sense objects, fixing both the eyes between the brows and equalizing the vital airs such as prANa and apAna which circulate inside nostrils … (See next SlOkam)

Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam

‘Shutting out all outward (sense-) contacts; fixing the eyes between the brows; equalizing the nasal currents prāṇa and apāna¹‘.

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