Shloka 42
Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi
Devanagari script
विषयेषु समासेन प्रत्याहारः प्रकीर्तितः चित्तस्य धारणा प्रोक्ता स्थानबन्धः समासतः
Transliteration
viṣayeṣu samāsena pratyāhāraḥ prakīrtitaḥ cittasya dhāraṇā proktā sthānabandhaḥ samāsataḥ
Translation
要するに、感官の対象から心を引き戻すことがプラティヤーハーラ（制感）と説かれる。さらにダーラナー（持心）とは、心を定めること—総じて、観想の一処に心を結び留めることである。
Word by Word
विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu)in sense-objects
विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu):
समासेन (samāsena)briefly, in summary
समासेन (samāsena):
प्रत्याहारः (pratyāhāraḥ)withdrawal (of the senses/mind)
प्रत्याहारः (pratyāhāraḥ):
प्रकीर्तितः (prakīrtitaḥ)is proclaimed, is declared
प्रकीर्तितः (prakīrtitaḥ):
चित्तस्य (cittasya)of the mind-stuff, of consciousness
चित्तस्य (cittasya):
धारणा (dhāraṇā)concentration, holding
धारणा (dhāraṇā):
प्रोक्ता (proktā)is taught, is said
प्रोक्ता (proktā):
स्थान-बन्धः (sthāna-bandhaḥ)binding to a place/locus, fixation on a point
स्थान-बन्धः (sthāna-bandhaḥ):
समासतः (samāsataḥ)in brief, succinctly
समासतः (samāsataḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s Yoga teaching within the Linga Purana tradition)