Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 8, Verse 12

सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च । मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्

sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca | mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām

Translation

Having closed all the gates, having confined mind in the heart, having fixed his life-breath in the head, engaged in firm Yoga,

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

sarvadvārāṇi

all gates

saṃyamya

having controlled

manaḥ

mind

hṛdi

in the heart

nirudhya

having confined

ca

and

mūrdhni

in the head

ādhāya

having placed

ātmanaḥ

of the self

prāṇam

breath

āsthitaḥ

established (in)

yogadhāraṇām

of yoga, concentration

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Having closed all the avenues of knowledge and having concentrated thought in the lotus of the heart, and with thought thus controlled, he ascends by the nāḍī which passes upwards from the heart, and then fixes the life-breath in the head.