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 ||
آسن میں برابر اور ثابت ہو کر دونوں پاؤں اندر کھینچے؛ منہ بند رکھے، رانوں کو درست طور پر جما دے، سہارا لے کر انہیں سامنے صحیح ترتیب میں قائم کرے۔
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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.