On Shrimad Bhagwad Gita: Those who cannot work on the mind must work on the body

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिबाहातान्तरे भुवो।

प्राणापानो समो कृत्वानासाभ्यन्तरचारिणो।। 5.27 ।।

sparśhān kṛitvā bahir bāhyānśh chakṣhuśh chaivāntare bhruvoḥ

prāṇāpānau samau kṛitvā nāsābhyantara-chāriṇau

यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिमुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः।

विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः।। 5.28 ।।

yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣha-parāyaṇaḥ

vigatechchhā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ

Keeping the external objects outside, the eyes at the juncture of the eyebrows, and making equal the out-going and in-coming breaths that move through the nostrils, the contemplative one who has control over his organs, mind, and intellect, should be fully…