Bhaja Govindam – Verse 31   «   »

Bhaja Govindam – Verse 31   «   »

प्राणायामं प्रत्याहारं
नित्यानित्य विवेक विचारम् |
जाप्यसमेत समाधि विधानं
कुर्व वधानं महद्-अवधानम् ‖ 31 ‖
prāṇāyāmaṃ pratyāhāraṃ
nityānitya viveka vichāram |
jāpyasameta samādhi vidhānaṃ
kurva vadhānaṃ mahad-avadhānam ‖ 31 ‖
Practice control of breath (prāṇā-yāma) and withdrawal of the senses from their respective sense objects (pratyāhāra); deliberate on the distinction between the permanent and the transitory; perform meditation along with chanting the holy names of god; perform these with great attention and extreme care!
prāṇāyāmaṁ — breath-control; pratyāhāraṁ — sense withdrawal (from their respective sense objects); nityaṁ — permanent, eternal; ānitya — impermanent, transient; viveka  — awareness after reasoning, discrimination; vicāram — deliberation, consideration; jāpyasameta — with chanting of the  names of the lord, prayers; samādhi-vidhānaṁ — accomplished state of trance; kurvavadhānaṁ — pay attention; mahad-avadhānam — great care and attention.
Sri Adi Sankaracharya

Links
Sankara’s Bhaja Govindam – English Translation and Commentary by T.M.P. Mahadevan, 1962

Bhaja Govindam – Verse 31 – Bhaja Govindam – 31-prāṇāyāmaṃ – By Adi Sankaracharya – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Word-by-word meaning and Translation – Bhaja-Govindam-31