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तन्नाप्नोति मनःस्वास्थ्यं प्राणायामः कदर्थितम् । प्राणस्यायमने पीडा तस्यां स्याच्चित्तविप्लवः ॥४॥
पूरणे कुम्भने चैव रेचने च परिश्रमः । चित्तसंक्लेशकरणान् मुक्तेः प्रत्यूहकारणम् ||५||
Meaning Mind does not get stability if it is put to trouble through exercises of the breath because while controlling the breath the body also undergoes discomfort and distress, and this again becomes the cause of mental imbalance. Inhaling, suspending, and exhaling involve hard labour. This, on its part, produces grief; and the aggrieved state of mind really blocks the way to salvation.
इन्द्रियैः सममाकृष्य विषयेभ्यः प्रशान्तधीः । धर्मध्यानकृते तस्मान् मनः कुर्वीत निश्चलम् || ६ ||
Meaning: Having well withdrawn the sense organs as well as the mind from the sense-objects, such as word, form, smell, taste, and touch (Shabda, Roop, Gandha, Rasa, and Sparsh) the intelligent men having extreme tranquility, should make the mind stable to employ it in religious activities.
नाभिहृदयनासाग्र - भालभ्र तालुदृष्टयः
सुखं कर्णौ शिरश्चेति ध्यानस्थानान्यकीर्तयन् ॥७॥
Meaning: The navel, heart, tip of the nose, forehead, eye-brows, palate, eyes, mouth, ears, and head are the places to fix the mind on.
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