Devanagari
कांश्चिन्ममानुध्यानेन नामसङ्कीर्तनादिभि: ।
योगेश्वरानुवृत्त्या वा हन्यादशुभदान् शनै: ॥ ४० ॥
Verse text
kāṁścin mamānudhyānena
nāma-saṅkīrtanādibhiḥ
yogeśvarānuvṛttyā vā
hanyād aśubha-dān śanaiḥ
Synonyms
kāṁścit
—
some
;
mama
—
of Me
;
anudhyānena
—
by constant thought
;
nāma
—
of the holy names
;
saṅkīṛtana
—
by the loud chanting
;
ādibhiḥ
—
and so on
;
yoga
—
īśvara — of the great masters of yoga
;
anuvṛttyā
—
by following in the footsteps
;
vā
—
or
;
hanyāt
—
may be destroyed
;
aśubha
—
dān — (the obstructions) that create inauspicious situations
;
śanaiḥ
—
gradually .
Translation
These inauspicious disturbances can be gradually removed by constant remembrance of Me, by congregational hearing and chanting of My holy names, or by following in the footsteps of the great masters of yoga.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Some of these inauspicious disturbances can be gradually removed by constant remembrance of me, by congregational hearing and chanting of my holy names, or by following in the footsteps of the great masters of yoga.
One can remove lust by meditation on me. One can remove pride and hypocrisy by following the great masters of yoga.
Purport
According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, by meditation on the Supreme Lord one can overcome lust and other mental disturbances, and by following in the footsteps of great transcendentalists one can overcome hypocrisy, false pride and other types of mental imbalance.