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Shloka 18

Keśava-tattva-kathana

On the Principle of Keśava: Cosmogony and Divine Epithets

उपस्थितकृतौ तौ च नासिकाग्रमधो भ्रुवो: । भ्रुकुट्या चैव मनसा शनैर्धारयतस्तदा,तदनन्तर प्राण, अपान, उदान, समान और व्यान--इन पाँचों प्राण-वायुओंको हृदयमें स्थापित किया; इस प्रकार स्थित हुए उन दोनोंने मनको प्राण और अपानके साथ मिला दिया। भौहोंके नीचे नासिकाके अग्रभागपर दृष्टि रखते हुए मनसहित प्राण-अपानको उन्होंने दोनों भौहोंके बीच स्थिर किया

upasthitakṛtau tau ca nāsikāgram adho bhruvoḥ | bhrukuṭyā caiva manasā śanair dhārayatas tadā ||

Dijo Bhīṣma: «Entonces, aquellos dos, ya sosegados, sostuvieron lentamente la mente con un leve fruncimiento de concentración, fijando la mirada en la punta de la nariz bajo las cejas. Después establecieron en el corazón las cinco corrientes vitales—prāṇa, apāna, udāna, samāna y vyāna; permaneciendo así, unieron la mente a prāṇa y apāna y estabilizaron ese aliento sostenido por la mente entre las dos cejas.»

उपस्थितकृतौhaving assumed the posture / seated in readiness
उपस्थितकृतौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउपस्थितकृत (कृदन्त-समास)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नासिकाग्रम्the tip of the nose
नासिकाग्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनासिका + अग्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अधःbelow
अधः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधः
भ्रुवोःof the two eyebrows
भ्रुवोः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रू
FormFeminine, Genitive, Dual
भ्रुकुट्याwith a frown / by knitting the brows
भ्रुकुट्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रुकुटी
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
शनैःslowly
शनैः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैः
धारयतःthey hold / they fix (their gaze/mind)
धारयतः:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormPresent, Third, Dual, Parasmaipada
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
T
two practitioners (tau)
N
nose-tip (nāsikāgra)
E
eyebrows (bhru)
H
heart (hṛdaya)
P
prāṇa
A
apāna
U
udāna
S
samāna
V
vyāna

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches disciplined inward concentration: steadying the mind, regulating the vital currents (the five prāṇas), and fixing awareness through a focused gaze and breath-control so that the mind becomes stable and fit for higher realization.

Bhīṣma describes two practitioners entering a yogic state: they fix their gaze at the nose-tip beneath the brows, gather and place the five life-winds in the heart, unite mind with prāṇa and apāna, and then stabilize that combined focus at the space between the eyebrows.