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प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव। भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्।।8.10।।

prayāṇa-kāle manasāchalena bhaktyā yukto yoga-balena chaiva bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśhya samyak sa taṁ paraṁ puruṣham upaiti divyam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 8, Verse 10
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
At the time of death, with an unwavering mind, endowed with devotion, by the power of Yoga, fixing the whole life-breath in the middle of the two eyebrows, he reaches that resplendent Supreme Person.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: one who meditates on this at the time of death, with unwavering mind, devotion, and strength, and rightly directs the life force between the eyebrows, reaches that supreme divine Person, again pairing devotion with a specific, technical detail of practice.

In life: real mastery of something usually combines both a genuine underlying motivation and specific, learned technical skill, not one without the other.

Teaching: for whatever you're trying to master, make sure you're developing both the underlying motivation and the specific, concrete technique, one alone tends to be insufficient.

prayāṇa-kāleat the time of death
manasāmind
achalenasteadily
bhaktyāremembering with great devotion
yuktaḥunited
yoga-balenathrough the power of yog
chaand
evacertainly
bhruvoḥthe two eyebrows
madhyebetween
prāṇamlife airs
āveśhyafixing
samyakcompletely
saḥhe
tamhim
param puruṣhamthe Supreme Divine Lord
upaitiattains
divyamdivine

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
8.10 प्रयाणकाले at the time of death? मनसा with mind? अचलेन unshaken? भक्त्या with devotion? युक्तः joined? योगबलेन by the power of Yoga? च and? एव only? भ्रुवोः of the two eyrows? मध्ये in the middle? प्राणम् Prana (breath)? आवेश्य having placed? सम्यक् thoroughly? सः he? तम् that? परम् Supreme? पुरुषम् Purusha? उपैति reaches? दिव्यम् resplendent.Commentary The Yogi gets immense inner strength and power of concentration. His mind becomes ite steady through constant practice of concentration and meditation. He practises concentration first on the lower Chakras? viz.? Muladhara? Svadhishthana and Manipura. He then concentrates on the lotus of the heart (Anahata Chakra). Then he takes the lifreath (Prana) through the Sushumna and fixes it in the middle of the two eyrows. He eventually attains the resplendent Supreme Purusha (Person) by the above Yogic practice.This is possible for one who has devoted his whole life to the practice of Yoga.