Verse 129

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। ॥ १२९ ॥

In plain words

Check each sense in its own outward motion, and the outer senses are held in. This, the wise say, is the yogi's dama — the means by which the mind comes to peace.

Close to the Sanskrit

By the restraint of their respective activities, the curbing of the external senses — this, they say, is the yogin's dama, the means to the mind's peace.