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Shloka 88

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

संवृतास्योपबद्धाक्ष उरो विष्टभ्य चाग्रतः पार्ष्णिभ्यां वृषणौ रक्षंस् तथा प्रजननं पुनः

saṃvṛtāsyopabaddhākṣa uro viṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ pārṣṇibhyāṃ vṛṣaṇau rakṣaṃs tathā prajananaṃ punaḥ

संवृतास्योपबद्धाक्ष उरो विष्टभ्य चाग्रतः । पार्ष्णिभ्यां वृषणौ रक्षंस् तथा प्रजननं पुनः ॥

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:

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva yogic/disciplinary instruction within the Linga Purana discourse)