प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ॥ २७ ॥
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः ।
विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः ॥ २८ ॥
sparśānkṛtvā bahirbāhyāṃścakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ .
prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau .. 27 ..
yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokṣaparāyaṇaḥ .
vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ .. 28 ..
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The sound and other sense-objects enter the mind within through the respective organs. These objects which are external are kept outside when a man does not think of them. A sage (muni) is one who is given to contemplation (manana) and who renounces all actions. Keeping the body in the posture described, he should always look up to moksha as his supreme goal. When the sage leads constantly this kind of life, renouncing all, he is no doubt liberated: he has nothing else to do for liberation.
What has he—he whose mind is thus steadily balanced—to know and meditate upon in the Dhyāna-Yoga?