danam -- giving of charity; sva-dharmah -- carrying out one's prescribed duties; niyamah -- the regulations of day-to-day life; yamah -- the major regulations of spiritual practice; ca -- and; srutam -- listening to scripture; ca -- and; karmani -- pious work; ca -- and; sat -- pure; vratani -- vows; sarve -- all; manah-nigrahah -- the subduing of the mind; lakshana -- consisting of; antah -- their aim; parah -- supreme; hi -- indeed; yogah -- transcendental knowledge; manasah -- of the mind; samadhih -- meditation on the Supreme in trance.

Charity, prescribed duties, observance of major and minor regulative principles, hearing from scripture, pious works and purifying vows all have as their final aim the subduing of the mind. Indeed, concentration of the mind on the Supreme is the highest yoga.