5.27 The breath made even Krishna speaks

स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः
प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ

sparśhān kṛitvā bahir bāhyānśh chakṣhuśh chaivāntare bhruvoḥ
prāṇāpānau samau kṛitvā nāsābhyantara-chāriṇau
yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣha-parāyaṇaḥ
vigatechchhā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ

Keeping outward contacts outside, the gaze between the brows, the outgoing and incoming breaths made even,

Explanation

The technique, briefly and physically.

Contacts kept outside, the gaze between the brows, the in-breath and out-breath made even. Two verses of method in a chapter otherwise made of argument.

Chapter 6 will expand this into its whole subject and chapter 8 will use it for the hour of death. Here it arrives with no preparation and is over in a line.

Word by word

sparśhān: contacts (through senses)
kṛitvā: keeping
bahiḥ: outside
bāhyān: external
chakṣhuḥ: eyes
cha: and
eva: certainly
antare: between
bhruvoḥ: of the eyebrows
prāṇa-apānau: the outgoing and incoming breaths
samau: equal
kṛitvā: keeping
nāsa-abhyantara: within the nostrils
chāriṇau: moving
yata: controlled
indriya: senses
manaḥ: mind
buddhiḥ: intellect
muniḥ: the sage
mokṣha: liberation
parāyaṇaḥ: dedicated
vigata: free
ichchhā: desires
bhaya: fear
krodhaḥ: anger
yaḥ: who
sadā: always
muktaḥ: liberated
eva: certainly
saḥ: that person