Chapter 6 · Verse 13 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.13
Sanskrit
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः। संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
Transliteration
samaṁ kāya-śhiro-grīvaṁ dhārayann achalaṁ sthiraḥ samprekṣhya nāsikāgraṁ svaṁ diśhaśh chānavalokayan
In plain words
When your mind is screaming in ten directions at once—replaying the fight, spiraling about the diagnosis, obsessing over what you can't control—you are drowning in the noise of everywhere else. Krishna says: come home to this one breath, this one moment, this one point of stillness. The simple act of gathering yourself, of holding your body upright and your gaze steady, gives your scattered attention a place to rest.
Word by Word
Krishna teaches us the physical posture of meditation—body erect, head and neck aligned, eyes softly focused on the tip of the nose—as the outer expression of inner steadiness. This is not rigid control but the natural architecture of a consciousness turning inward, releasing its grip on the world's endless directions.
When you sit in this way, you are already telling your restless mind: here, now, only this. For the modern seeker caught in a storm of stimuli, this simple instruction becomes an anchor—a way to tell your nervous system that you are safe enough to look within.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.13 — BG 6.13
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