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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 27

Renunciation and Action

स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः। प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ

sparśhān kṛitvā bahir bāhyān chakṣhuśh chaiva antare bhruvoḥ prāṇa-apānau samau kṛitvā nāsā-abhyantara-chāriṇau

What does Bhagavad Gita 5.27 mean?

Excluding external objects, with his gaze fixed between the eyebrows, and the inward and outward breathings passing equally through his nostrils;

Word-by-word meaning

sparśhān—sense-objects (contacts) · kṛitvā—having made/kept · bahiḥ—outside · bāhyān—external · chakṣhuḥ—gaze/eyes · cha—and · eva—indeed · antare—in between · bhruvoḥ—of the two eyebrows · prāṇa-apānau—the outgoing and incoming breaths · samau—equal · kṛitvā—having made · nāsā-abhyantara-chāriṇau—moving within the nostrils

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