Shloka 88
Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi
Devanagari script
संवृतास्योपबद्धाक्ष उरो विष्टभ्य चाग्रतः पार्ष्णिभ्यां वृषणौ रक्षंस् तथा प्रजननं पुनः
Transliteration
saṃvṛtāsyopabaddhākṣa uro viṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ pārṣṇibhyāṃ vṛṣaṇau rakṣaṃs tathā prajananaṃ punaḥ
Translation
Mit geschlossenem Mund und gezügeltem Blick, die Brust nach vorn gestützt, soll er mit beiden Fersen die Hoden schützen und ebenso das Zeugungsorgan bewahren—so wahrt er Disziplin und beherrscht die Lebensenergie.
Word by Word
saṃvṛta-āsyawith mouth closed
saṃvṛta-āsya:
upabaddha-akṣawith eyes restrained/controlled
upabaddha-akṣa:
uraḥthe chest
uraḥ:
viṣṭabhyabracing/pressing/steadying
viṣṭabhya:
caand
ca:
agrataḥin front/forward
agrataḥ:
pārṣṇibhyāmwith the two heels
pārṣṇibhyām:
vṛṣaṇauthe two testes
vṛṣaṇau:
rakṣanguarding/protecting
rakṣan:
tathālikewise
tathā:
prajananaṃthe generative organ/procreative faculty
prajananaṃ:
punaḥagain/further
punaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva yogic/disciplinary instruction within the Linga Purana discourse)