। ॥ ९१७ ॥
In plain words
This method belongs to the awakened; for the ignorant, it is merely a tormenting of the breath. Abandoning the sense of reality in worldly objects, the mind sinks entirely into pure consciousness.
Close to the Sanskrit
And this indeed [is] for the awakened; for the ignorant, the torment of breath. Having abandoned the reality-sense in objects, the immersion of the mind in consciousness.