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प्राणापानौ सन्निरुन्ध्यात् पूरकुम्भकरेचकैः ।
यावन्मनस्त्यजेत्कामान् स्वनासाग्रनिरीक्षणः ।
यतो यतो निःसरति मनः कामहतं भ्रमत् ।
ततस्तत उपाहृत्य हृदि रुन्ध्याच्छनैर्बुधः ॥ ३३ ॥
 
pranapanau sannirundhyat
pura-kumbhaka-recakaih
yavan manas tyajet kaman
sva-nasagra-niriksanah
yato yato nihsarati
manah kama-hatam bhramat
tatas tata upahrtya
hrdi rundhyac chanair budhah
prana-incoming breath; apanau-outgoing breath; sannirundhyat-should stop; pura-kumbhaka-recakaih-by inhaling, exhaling and holding, which are technically known as puraka, kumbhaka and recaka; yavat-so long; manah-the mind; tyajet-should give up; kaman-all material desires; sva-one's own; nasa-agra-the tip of the nose; niriksanah-looking at; yatah yatah-from whatever and wherever; nihsarati-withdraws; manah-the mind; kama-hatam-being defeated by lusty desires; bhramat-wandering; tatah tatah-from here and there; upahrtya-after bringing it back; hrdi-within the core of the heart; rundhyat-should arrest (the mind); sanaih-gradually, by practice; budhah-a learned yogi.