Chapter 6 · The Way of Meditation

    Verse 13

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 6, Verse 13

    समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः। संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    samaṁ kāya-śhiro-grīvaṁ dhārayann achalaṁ sthiraḥ samprekṣhya nāsikāgraṁ svaṁ diśhaśh chānavalokayan

    Translation

    Fix: Holding the trunk, head, and neck erect, motionless and steady, gazing at the tip of the nose and not looking in any direction;
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