Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 187

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-5 Karma Sanyāsa Yogaḥ

sparśān kṛtvā bahir-bāhyāṃś-cakṣuś-caivāntare bhāvoḥ | prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantara cāriṇau || 27 || 27. Shutting out all external contacts, focussing the gaze between the eye-brows, harmonizing the flow of the breath — inspiration and expiration, yatendriya mano-buddhir-munir mokṣa parāyaṇaḥ | vigat-ecchābhaya krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ || 28 || 28. — having controlled the senses, mind and intellect, the sage who is intent on Liberation as the final goal, freed forever from desire, fear and anger — is indeed liberated forever. Commentary The method of meditation is here taught — shut out all contact with outside stimuli — that is, stop the external activity of the senses; sit with the back straight; focus the concentration between the eye-brows, breath evenly, the senses, mind and intellect should no longer be involved with anything other than focusing on the Self. One should be completely free from desire, fear and anger; and should be intent on achieving Liberation (Mokṣa) as the supreme goal — the sage who is thus intent on Self-realisation will indeed be liberated for ever, i.e., is almost liberated, as by virtue of this dedication one would soon be in the ultimate stage of enlightenment. Sri Krishna now teaches that Action Yoga, described above, which is facilitated by the performance of obligatory and periodical duties and which culminates in meditation is easy to practice: