BG - 8.12

सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च। मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्।।8.12।।

sarva-dvārāṇi sanyamya mano hṛidi nirudhya cha mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām

• sarva-dvārāṇi - all gates
• sanyamya - restraining
• manaḥ - the mind
• hṛidi - in the heart region
• nirudhya - confining
• cha - and
• mūrdhni - in the head
• ādhāya - establish
• ātmanaḥ - of the self
• prāṇam - the life breath
• āsthitaḥ - situated (in)
• yoga-dhāraṇām - the yogic concentration

Translation

Having closed all the gates, confined the mind in the heart, and fixed the life-breath in the head, engage in the practice of concentration.

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