Lord Krishna

Divine Teacher

The Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.

Speaking: Chapter 4, Verse 29

Verse 29

The Yoga of Knowledge and Action

Still others, who are inclined to the process of breath restraint to remain in trance, practice by offering the movement of the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming breath into the outgoing, and thus at last remain in trance, stopping all breathing.

Context & Meaning

Pranayama practitioners offer the outgoing breath into the incoming and vice versa — controlling the life force until the mind merges into stillness. Breath control is itself treated as a form of sacrifice.