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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8, Verse 12 (8.12) means: Closing all the gates of the body, holding the mind in the heart, drawing the life-breath up to the head, a person settles into steady focus.
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च। मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्।।8.12।।
sarva-dvārāṇi sanyamya mano hṛidi nirudhya cha mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām
Closing all the gates of the body, holding the mind in the heart, drawing the life-breath up to the head, a person settles into steady focus.
शरीर के सारे द्वार बंद करके, मन को हृदय में रोककर, प्राण को सिर तक खींचकर, व्यक्ति स्थिर एकाग्रता में बैठ जाता है।
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It is verse 12 of Chapter 8 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 28 verses in total.
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