ŚB 3.28.11

Sanskrit

प्राणायामैर्दहेद्दोषान्धारणाभिश्च किल्बिषान् । प्रत्याहारेण संसर्गान्ध्यानेनानीश्वरान्गुणान् ॥ ११ ॥

Transliteration

prāṇāyāmair dahed doṣān dhāraṇābhiś ca kilbiṣān pratyāhāreṇa saṁsargān dhyānenānīśvarān guṇān

Synonyms

prāṇāyāmaiḥ — by practice of prāṇāyāma (breath control); dahet — one can eradicate; doṣān — the contamination; dhāraṇābhiḥ — by concentrating the mind; ca — and; kilbiṣān — sinful activities; pratyāhāreṇa — by restraining the senses; saṁsargān — material association; dhyānena — by meditating; anīśvarān — material; guṇān — modes of nature.

Translation

By practicing the process of prāṇāyāma, one can eradicate the contamination of his physiological condition, and by concentrating the mind one can become free from all sinful activities. By restraining the senses one can free himself from material association, and by meditating on the Supreme Personality of Godhead one can become free from the three modes of material attachment.

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Source: Vedabase SB 3.28.11