Chapter5 Shloka27,28 - Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Chapter 5 : Karma Sanyas Yoga - The Yoga of renunciation

Ch 05 : Sh 27-28

स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः ।
प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ॥
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः ।
विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः ॥

Transliteration

sparśān kṛtvā bahir-bāhyāṃś-cakṣuś-caivāntare bhāvoḥ |
prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantara cāriṇau || 27 ||
yatendriya mano-buddhir-munir mokṣa parāyaṇaḥ |
vigat-ecchābhaya krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ || 28 ||

Translation

Shutting out all external contacts, focussing the gaze between the eye-brows(Agya Chakra), regulating the flow of the breath — inspiration and expiration(Pranayama),— 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. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated.

Purport

In earlier three Shlokas Bhagwan Shri Krishna described three different ways, The jnana(knowledge), Service as Karma and Tapasya through self-control to achieve enlightenment. In these two shlokas, Bhagawan explains yet another way, the Pranayama, and Dhyana(meditation) Yoga to achieve enlightenment. Pranayama and Meditation, in other words, termed Raj Yoga.

Shri Krishna explains that a human who constantly practicing Pranayama and Dhyana(Meditation), achieves the state of enlightenment. The Shlokas also describes the whole process. Those who engage in Pranayama and Mediation have their senses, minds, and desires controlled. Once the senses, mind, and desires controlled humans easily achieve the state of enlightenment. One who achieves the enlightenment that is that who is self-realized then achieves liberation.