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Bhagavad Gita 5.27

Chapter 5, Verse 27

Part of 5: Karm Sanyās Yogकर्मसंन्यासयोग

स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः। प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ॥

Transliteration

sparśhān kṛitvā bahir bāhyānśh chakṣhuśh chaivāntare bhruvoḥ prāṇāpānau samau kṛitvā nāsābhyantara-chāriṇau yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣha-parāyaṇaḥ vigatechchhā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ

Meaning

Shutting out all external contacts and fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, realizing the outgoing and incoming breaths moving within the nostrils.

Word-by-word meaning
sparśhāncontacts (through senses)kṛitvākeepingbahiḥoutsidebāhyānexternalchakṣhuḥeyeschaandevacertainlyantarebetweenbhruvoḥof the eyebrowsprāṇa-apānauthe outgoing and incoming breathssamauequalkṛitvākeepingnāsa-abhyantarawithin the nostrilschāriṇaumovingyatacontrolledindriyasensesmanaḥmindbuddhiḥintellectmuniḥthe sagemokṣhaliberationparāyaṇaḥdedicatedvigatafreeichchhādesiresbhayafearkrodhaḥangeryaḥwhosadāalwaysmuktaḥliberatedevacertainlysaḥthat person
Commentary

The verses 27 and 28 deal with the Yoga of meditation (Dhyana). External objects or contacts are the sound and the other senseobjects. If the mind does not think of the external objects they are shut out from the mind. The senses are the doors or avenues through which sound and the other senseobjects enter the mind. If you fix the gaze between the eyrows the eyalls remain fixed and steady. Rhythmical breathing is described here. You will have to make the breath rhythmical. The mind becomes steady when the breath becomes rhythmical. When the breath becomes rhythmical there is perfect harmony in the mind and the whole system. (Cf. VI.10?14VIII.10)

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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 27?
Shutting out all external contacts and fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, realizing the outgoing and incoming breaths moving within the nostrils.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?
This is verse 27 of Chapter 5 (Karm Sanyās Yog — Path of Renunciation) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.