Bhagavad Gita 8.12 meaningWhat lasts beyond death
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Close the doors of your senses, keep your mind in your heart…”
What it means
“Closing all the gates of the senses, holding the mind in the heart and the life-breath in the head, steady in meditation —
The original Sanskrit
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च । मूध्न्यार्धायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ॥
sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca mūdhnyā^^rdhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām
Translations
Literal translation
Having controlled all the passages, having confined the mind in the heart, and having fixed his own vital force in the head, (and then) continuing in the firmness in yoga;
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
सब (इन्द्रियों के) द्वारों को संयमित कर मन को हृदय में स्थिर करके और प्राण को मस्तक में स्था पित करके योगधारणा में स्थित हुआ।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 8.13— whoever leaves the body chanting the sacred sound Om and remembering me reaches the highest goal.”