BG 6.13-14
सम्प्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् ॥
प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः ।
मनः संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्परः ॥
samprekṣya nāsikāgraṁ svaṁ diśaś cānavalokayan
praśāntātmā vigata-bhīr brahmacāri-vrate sthitaḥ
manaḥ saṁyamya mac-citto yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ
Word-for-word meanings
dhārayan — holding; kāya — the body; śiraḥ — head; grīvam — [and] neck; samam — straight; acalam — [and] steady; sthiraḥ — remaining firm; samprekṣya — gazing; agram — in front; svam — [of] one’s own; nāsikā — nose; anavalokayan — without looking; diśaḥ ca — in any other direction; praśānta — being tranquil; ātmā — [in] mind; vigata-bhīḥ — being devoid of fear; sthitaḥ — being firmly established; brahmacāri-vrate — in the vow of celibacy; saṁyamya — having regulated; manaḥ — the mind; mat-cittaḥ — having fixed the mind on Me; mat-paraḥ — [and] being intent exclusively on Me; āsīta — [the yogī] should sit; yuktaḥ — remaining fully absorbed [in meditation on Me].
Translation
Holding the body, head, and neck straight and steady, remaining firm, fixing one’s gaze in front of the nose without looking in any other direction, being tranquil in mind, devoid of fear, firmly established in the vow of celibacy, having regulated the mind and fixed it on Me, and being intent exclusively on Me, the yogī should sit remaining fully absorbed in meditation on Me.