Chapter 8 · Akṣara Brahma Yoga

Shloka 8.12

Lesson 322 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

The imperishable, remembrance and life’s final orientation. How does sustained remembrance shape the direction of a life?

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Shloka · Devanagari

सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च।मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

sarva-dvārāṇi sanyamya mano hṛidi nirudhya chamūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām

Sandhi-vicheda

sarva-dvārāṇi+sanyamya+manaḥ+hṛidi+nirudhya+cha+mūrdhni+ādhāya+ātmanaḥ+prāṇam+āsthitaḥ+yoga-dhāraṇām

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Meaning of each word

sarva-dvārāṇisource form

all gates

sanyamyasource form

restraining

manaḥsource form

the mind

hṛidisource form

in the heart region

nirudhyasource form

confining

chasource form

and

mūrdhnisource form

in the head

ādhāyasource form

establish

ātmanaḥsource form

of the self

prāṇamsource form

the life breath

āsthitaḥsource form

situated (in)

yoga-dhāraṇāmsource form

the yogic concentration

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।8.12।। --,सर्वद्वाराणि सर्वाणि च तानि द्वाराणि च सर्वद्वाराणि उपलब्धौ तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य संयमनं कृत्वा मनः हृदि हृदयपुण्डरीके निरुध्य निरोधं कृत्वा निष्प्रचारमापाद्य तत्र वशीकृतेन मनसा हृदयात् ऊर्ध्वगामिन्या नाड्या ऊर्ध्वमारुह्य मूर्ध्नि आधाय आत्मनः प्राणम् आस्थितः प्रवृत्तः योगधारणां धारयितुम्।।तत्रैव च धारयन् --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 8.12

Course position322 / 701

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