Putting the contacts, the objects sound and the rest, outside: the objects, sound and the rest, which have been let in, through hearing and the other doors, to the intellect, become made merely outward for one who does not brood on them. Having thus put them outside, fixing the eye between the brows, and making the out-breath and in-breath, which move within the nostrils, even: he whose senses, mind and intellect are restrained, the sage, the renouncer, given over to liberation, with liberation alone for his supreme resort and goal, free of desire, fear and anger, whoever conducts himself so, by such a settling of the body and the rest, is ever a renouncer and is already liberated; he has no other task to do for the sake of liberation.

Putting the outer contacts of objects outside, drawing in all the working of the outer senses, seated on a seat fit for discipline with the body held straight, fixing the eye between the brows, on the tip of the nose, making even the in-breath and out-breath that move within the nose, making the out-breathing and in-breathing of even pace, his senses, mind, and understanding unfit for any activity but the beholding of the self, and for that very reason with desire, fear, and anger gone, intent on liberation, having liberation for his single purpose, the sage given to the beholding of the self, who is so, is, in the state of the means as in the state of the goal, ever liberated indeed. This is the meaning. The Lord states the ease of the discipline of action, which has been told as having the obligatory and occasional action for its duty and the discipline of meditation for its crown.

Krishna states the manner of meditation, with 'the contacts' and the rest. The sense is, putting the outer contacts outside, restraining the ear and the other senses by yoga. 'Holding the eye between the brows' means looking at the space between the brows; so it is said, 'the meditator should set the eye on the tip of the nose or between the brows'. 'Making the in-breath and the out-breath even' means abiding in the holding of the breath.