तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः ।
उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये ॥ १२ ॥
उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये ॥ १२ ॥
tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ .
upaviśyāsane yuñjyādyogamātmaviśuddhaye .. 12 ..
Making the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated there on the seat, practise Yoga for the purification of the self.
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He should withdraw the mind from all sense-objects before concentrating it. The self: the antah-karana, the inner sense, the mind.
The external seat has been described. Now, what should be the posture of the body?—Listen :