Chapter 6, Verse 13
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः। संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ. saṃprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan.।6.13।।
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- समम्
- straight/even
- काय-शिरो-ग्रीवम्
- body, head, and neck
- धारयन्
- holding/keeping
- अचलम्
- unmoving/steady
- स्थिरः
- firm/steady (himself)
- सम्प्रेक्ष्य
- gazing steadily at
- नासिका-अग्रम्
- the tip of the nose
- स्वम्
- his own
- दिशः
- the directions/quarters
- च
- and
- अनवलोकयन्
- not looking at
Commentary
13 Holding erect and still the body, the head and the neck, firm, gazing on the tip of his nose* without looking around ;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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समम्
काय-शिरो-ग्रीवम्
धारयन्
अचलम्
स्थिरः
सम्प्रेक्ष्य
नासिका-अग्रम्
स्वम्
दिशः
च
अनवलोकयन्
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