Chapter 5 · Verse 27 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 5.27
Sanskrit
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः। प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ।।5.27।।
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
In plain words
When your mind is racing, your body is tight, and you feel trapped by worry or anger, you need an anchor—something simple and real that brings you back to yourself. Krishna says: start with your breath, notice where your attention goes, and gently collect it like you're gathering scattered coins. In that simple act of return, again and again, the noise begins to settle and you remember you are not your panic.
Word by Word
This verse reveals the secret architecture of liberation: the withdrawal of the senses from external objects and the harmonization of the life-force itself. When the eyes rest at the third eye, when breath flows evenly through both nostrils, the mind naturally settles into its own essence—and in that settling, the separate self dissolves.
For the modern seeker caught in sensory addiction and mental turbulence, this teaching offers a concrete path: begin where you are, with the breath, with a single point of focus, and watch how the noise gradually quiets.
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Bhagavad Gita 5.27 — BG 5.27
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