Aparokshanubhuti Verse 118

Sanskrit

चित्तादिसर्वभावेषु ब्रह्मत्वेनैव भावनात्। निरोधः सर्ववृत्तीनां प्राणायामः स उच्यते।।

Transliteration

Cittādisarvabhāveṣu brahmatvenaiva bhāvanāt. Nirodhaḥ sarvavṛttīnāṃ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate

Swami Vimuktananda's Translation

The restraint of all modifications of the mind by regarding all mental states like the Chitta as Brahman alone, is called Pranayama.

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