Shloka 29
Adhyaya 39 — Yoga Discipline: Posture, Breath Control, Sense Withdrawal, and Signs of Attainment
समः समासनो भूत्वा संहृत्य चरणावुभौ । संवृतास्यस्तथैवोरू सम्यग्विष्टभ्य चाग्रतः ॥
samaḥ samāsano bhūtvā saṃhṛtya caraṇāv ubhau | saṃvṛtāsyaḥ tathaivorū samyag viṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ ||
आसनात सम व स्थिर होऊन दोन्ही पाय आत ओढावेत; तोंड बंद ठेवावे, मांड्या योग्य रीतीने बसवाव्यात, आधार घेऊन त्या पुढे सम्यक् रचनेने ठेवाव्यात।
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FAQs
Control begins with small, concrete restraints—posture, limbs, and speech-mouth closure—training the practitioner toward inner restraint (saṃyama).
Ancillary instruction (yoga-vidhi) rather than cosmological/genealogical pañcalakṣaṇa material.
Closing the mouth and stabilizing the lower body hints at conserving prāṇa and preventing sensory leakage, preparing for pratyāhāra and dhāraṇā.