Devanagari
ध्यानेनेत्थं सुतीव्रेण युञ्जतो योगिनो मन: ।
संयास्यत्याशु निर्वाणं द्रव्य ज्ञानक्रियाभ्रम: ॥ ४६ ॥
Verse text
dhyānenetthaṁ su-tīvreṇa
yuṣjato yogino manaḥ
saṁyāsyaty āśu nirvāṇaṁ
dravya jṣāna-kriyā-bhramaḥ
Synonyms
dhyānena
—
by meditation
;
ittham
—
as thus mentioned
;
su
—
tīvreṇa — extremely concentrated
;
yuṣjataḥ
—
of one practicing
;
yoginaḥ
—
of the yogī
;
manaḥ
—
the mind
;
saṁyāsyati
—
will go together
;
āśu
—
quickly
;
nirvāṇam
—
to extinction
;
dravya
—
jṣāna — kriyā — based on perception of material objects, knowledge and activities
;
bhramaḥ
—
the illusory identification .
Translation
When the yogī thus controls his mind by intensely concentrated meditation, his illusory identification with material objects, knowledge and activities is very quickly extinguished.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
When the yogī thus attains samādhi by intensely concentrated meditation, his illusory identification with material senses, sense devatās and sense objects is quickly extinguished.
This verse describes the result of mediation culminating in samādhi. When the yogī has reached complete concentration through meditation, the illusion created by false identification with senses, sense devatās and sense objects is destroyed.
Thus ends the commentary on Fourteenth Chapter of the Eleventh Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Fifteen
Yoga Siddhis
Purport
Because of false material identification, we accept our own body and mind, the bodies and minds of others, and supernatural material control to be ultimate realities. Supernatural control refers to the bodies and minds of the demigods, who ultimately are humble servitors of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even the mighty sun, which displays immense potencies, obediently treads its universal path by the order of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
It is clearly seen in this chapter that
haṭha-yoga, karma-yoga, rāja-yoga,
etc., are part and parcel of
bhakti-yoga
and do not actually exist separately. The goal of life is Lord Kṛṣṇa, and one must eventually come to the stage of pure devotion if one desires to perfect one’s meditation or
yoga
practice. In the mature stage of devotion, as described in this chapter, one becomes free from the artificial duality of meditator and object of meditation, and one spontaneously engages in hearing about and glorifying the Supreme Absolute Truth. Such activities of
bhakti-yoga
are natural because they spring from spontaneous love. When one revives one’s original nature as the loving servitor of Lord Kṛṣṇa, other
yoga
processes cease to be interesting. Uddhava was a pure devotee even before the Lord began His instruction; therefore it was not expected that Uddhava would give up the supreme platform of being a personal associate of the Lord to take up the mechanical exercises of the
yoga
system.
Bhakti-yoga,
or devotional service, is so elevated that even in the beginning stages of practice one is considered liberated, because all of one’s activities are executed under proper guidance for the pleasure of the Lord. In the
haṭha-yoga
system one is concerned with bodily control, and in
jṣāna-yoga
one is concerned with speculative knowledge. In both systems one endeavors selfishly, desiring to become a great
yogī
or a philosopher. Such egoistic activity is described in this verse as
kriyā.
One must give up the illusory designations of
dravya, jṣāna
and
kriyā
and come to the prideless stage of loving service to the Lord.
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Eleventh Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, of the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
entitled “Lord Kṛṣṇa Explains the Yoga System to Śrī Uddhava.”