🪷 ŚB 3.28.5

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

मौनं सदासनजय: स्थैर्यं प्राणजय: शनै: । प्रत्याहारश्चेन्द्रियाणां विषयान्मनसा हृदि ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

maunaṁ sad-āsana-jayaḥ sthairyaṁ prāṇa-jayaḥ śanaiḥ pratyāhāraś cendriyāṇāṁ viṣayān manasā hṛdi
Synonyms
maunam — silence; sat — good; āsana — yogic postures; jayaḥ — controlling; sthairyam — steadiness; prāṇa-jayaḥ — controlling the vital air; śanaiḥ — gradually; pratyāhāraḥ — withdrawal; ca — and; indriyāṇām — of the senses; viṣayāt — from the sense objects; manasā — with the mind; hṛdi — on the heart.

Translation

One must observe silence, acquire steadiness by practicing different yogic postures, control the breathing of the vital air, withdraw the senses from sense objects and thus concentrate the mind on the heart.

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