Like Arjuna, Yudhisthira attempts to stop the senses from acting externally. Vacam (speaking) represents all the senses. He offered all the senses into the mind, because the senses are dependent on the mind. He offered the mind into the prana because the mind is dependent on prana. He gave the mind to the prana. “O mind! I have given the senses to you. They are yours. I have no use for them now.” This is the contemplation. This is the method because it is actually impossible to offer them since the senses are independent. Thus the dative case is not used. All other steps in the procedure are similar. “To whom do I belong?” He offered the mind into prana. He offered the prana into the apana (itare). This is understood from the context. Apana is in charge of excretion. He offered the apana and excretion into death, the presiding deity of excretion. In offering voice and other senses and mind and prana, it should be understood that he also offered the actions, speaking, thinking etc. He offered death into the combination of the five gross elements, the body. His meditation was “O death! You belong to the body.”