Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 12
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 8 श्लोक 12

सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च।
मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्।।8.12।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
8.12. Properly controlling all the gates [in the body]; well restraining the mind in the heat; fixing ones own prana in the head; taking resort to the firmness of the Yoga;


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
8.12 See Comment under 8.14


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 8.12Sarvadwaaraani samyamya mano hridi nirudhya cha;
Moordhnyaadhaayaatmanah praanamaasthito yogadhaaranaam.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 8.12sarva-dvārāṇi—all gates; sanyamya—restraining; manaḥ—the mind; hṛidi—in the heart region; nirudhya—confining; cha—and; mūrdhni—in the head; ādhāya—establish; ātmanaḥ—of the self; prāṇam—the life breath; āsthitaḥ—situated (in); yoga-dhāraṇām—the yogic concentration