सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च ।मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ॥ ८-१२॥

sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca । mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām ॥ 8-12॥

सर्वद्वाराणि

sarva-, all.

dvārāṇi (n. acc. pl.), gates, doors, gates of  the body.

samyamya (gerund sam ../yam), controlling. manas (n. acc. sg.), mind.

hṛdi (n. loco sg.), in the heart.

nirudhya (gerund ni ../rudh), shutting up, confining, suppressing.

ca, and.

मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः

mudhni (n. loco sg.), in the head.

ādhāy (gerund ii ../ dhii) , placing, having placed.

ātmanaḥ (m. gen. sg.), of the self, own.

प्राणमास्थितो

prāṇam (m. acc. sg.), vital breath, inhalation.

āsthito (m. nom. sg.), established, seated, situated in.

योगधारणाम्

yogadhāraṇām (f. acc. sg.), Yoga concentra-tion, Yoga fixation.