Devanagari
श्रीभगवानुवाच
जितेन्द्रियस्य युक्तस्य जितश्वासस्य योगिन: ।
मयि धारयतश्चेत उपतिष्ठन्ति सिद्धय: ॥ १ ॥
Verse text
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
jitendriyasya yuktasya
jita-śvāsasya yoginaḥ
mayi dhārayataś ceta
upatiṣṭhanti siddhayaḥ
Synonyms
śrī
—
bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
;
jita
—
indriyasya — of one who has conquered his senses
;
yuktasya
—
who has steadied the mind
;
jita
—
śvāsasya — and conquered his breathing system
;
yoginaḥ
—
of such a yogī
;
mayi
—
in Me
;
dhārayataḥ
—
fixing
;
cetaḥ
—
his consciousness
;
upatiṣṭhanti
—
appear
;
siddhayaḥ
—
the mystic perfections of yoga. .
Translation
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, the mystic perfections of yoga are acquired by a yogī who has conquered his senses, steadied his mind, conquered the breathing process and fixed his mind on Me.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The Supreme Lord said: The siddhis of yoga are acquired by a yogī who has conquered his senses, steadied his mind, conquered the breathing process and fixed his mind on me.
The eight major siddhis, ten secondary siddhis arising from contemplation, and obstacles to yoga, are described in the Fifteenth Chapter. These siddhis which appear in the yogī who concentrates his mind are generally obstacles. These siddhis are described in order to show that one should reject them and concentrate on the Supreme Lord. Yuktasya means “steadying the mind.”
Purport
There are eight primary mystic perfections, such as
aṇimā-siddhi,
and ten secondary perfections. In this Fifteenth Chapter Lord Kṛṣṇa will explain that such mystic perfections are actually impediments to the development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and that therefore one should not desire them.