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TEXT 27 sarvanindriya-karmani
SYNONYMS  sarvani--all;
indriya--senses; karmani--functions; prana-karmani--functions
of the life breath; ca--also; apare--others; atma-samyama--controlling
the mind; yoga--linking process; agnau--in the fire of; juhvati--offers;
jnana-dipite--because of the urge for self-realization.
TRANSLATION Those who
are interested in self-realization, in terms of mind and sense control,
offer the functions of all the senses, as well as the vital force [breath],
as oblations into the fire of the controlled mind.
PURPORT The yoga
system conceived by Patanjali is referred to herein. In the Yoga-sutra
of Patanjali, the soul is called pratyag-atma and parag-atma.
As long as the soul is attached to sense enjoyment, it is called parag-atma.
The soul is subjected to the functions of ten kinds of air at work
within the body, and this is perceived through the breathing system. The
Patanjali system of yoga instructs one on how to control the functions
of the body's air in a technical manner so that ultimately all the functions
of the air within become favorable for purifying the soul of material attachment.
According to this yoga system, pratyag-atma is the ultimate
goal. This pratyag-atma is a withdrawal from activities in matter.
The senses interact with the sense objects, like the ear for hearing, eyes
for seeing, nose for smelling, tongue for tasting, hand for touching, and
all of them are thus engaged in activities outside the self. They are called
the functions of the prana-vayu. The apana-vayu goes downwards,
vyana-vayu acts to shrink and expand, samana-vayu adjusts
equilibrium, udana-vayu goes upwards--and when one is enlightened,
one engages all these in searching for self-realization.
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