Chapter V · Śloka 27
Śrī Kṛṣṇa uvāca
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः |
प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ||
प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ||
sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāṃś cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ |
prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantara-cāriṇau ||
prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantara-cāriṇau ||
Having placed external contacts outside, with the gaze fixed between the eyebrows, having equalized the prāṇa and apāna breaths moving within the nostrils —
This verse begins a description of meditation practice completed in the next verse. The external sense-contacts are set aside, the gaze internalized, and the breath brought into balance — these are the practical preparations for the turning of consciousness inward.