The mind in the first instance should be controlled by the Yogin like a fisherman trying at the commencement to make that one among the fish powerless from which he auticipates the greatest danger to his nets. Having first governed the mind, the Yogin should then proceed to subdue his ears, then his tongue, and then his nose.
मनस्तु पूर्वमादद्यात् कुमीनमिव मत्स्यहा! ततः श्रोत्रं ततश्चक्षुर्जिह्वां घ्राणं च योगवित्॥