धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः | योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी
dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥprāṇendriyakriyāḥ . yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
Ô Pārtha, la fermeté inébranlable par la concentration, par laquelle on maîtrise les fonctions du mental, des forces vitales (prāṇa) et des sens, cette fermeté est de nature sattvique.
O Partha, the firmness that is unfailing through concentration, with which one restrains the functions of the mind, vital forces and the organs, that firmness is born of sattva.
Cette fermeté sattvique, toujours accompagnée d'une concentration inébranlable (yoga), permet de maîtriser les activités du mental, des prāṇas et des sens. Elle empêche ces derniers de se diriger vers les objets sensoriels extérieurs, les absorbant dans leurs causes respectives et contrôlant ainsi leurs tendances centrifuges. Il ne s'agit pas d'une simple répression, mais d'une sublimation intelligente et d'une transformation intérieure.
When firmness is awakened in the mind? the activities of the mind? the lifeforce and the senses are brought under control. The senses are withdrawn into the mind. The Prana and the Apana pass into the Sushumna Nadi.Yoga Samadhi or concentration of the mind. You cannot restrain the mind? the lifeforce and the senses by mere firmness. You can control them only by firmness which is ever accompanied by concentration of the mind.When the mind? the lifeforce and the senses are curbed by unwarvering firmness? they cannot run towards external sensual objects? they cannot do any mischief? they cannot move in ways which are opposed to the scriptures? they will be absorbed into their respective causes and their outgoing tendencies will be totally checked.This firmness is not repression or suppression? but an intelligent sublimation and inner transformation.