VBT 31

 A

Here’s a bullet-point gist of verse 31 (Y5 ~ A3) on the “dike” between the eyebrows:

• Focus point: Between and just above the eyebrows (the bhrūkṣepa or “bridge/dike”).

• Energy movement: Prāṇic or vital energy rises rapidly from the body to the top of the head (mūrdhānta / Brahmārandhra).

• Technique: The “bridge” is crossed by contracting or concentrating the eyebrows.

• Mental state: Mind is freed from all thought, dualities, or ideations (nirvikalpa).

• Result / Outcome:

  • Consciousness ascends above all ordinary levels.

  • One experiences all-pervading presence / omnipresence / ecstasy / omniscience.

  • The practitioner merges with the highest, undivided, luminous spatiality.

• Essence: It describes a yogic process of raising energy and consciousness to achieve the supreme, all-pervading state.

If you want, I can also make a super-condensed single-line “ultra-gist” that captures all these translations in one punchy sentence. Do you want me to do that?