Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 13: The Haḿsa-avatāra Answers the Questions of the Sons of Brahmā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.13.13

apramatto 'nuyuñjīta

mano mayy arpayañ chanaiḥ

anirviṇṇo yathā-kālaḿ

jita-śvāso jitāsanaḥ

SYNONYMS

apramattaḥ — attentive and grave; anuyuñjīta — one should fix; manaḥ — the mind; mayiin Me; arpayan — placing; śanaiḥ — gradually, step by step; anirviṇṇaḥ — without being lazy or morose; yathā-kālam — at least three times a day (dawn, noon and sunset); jita — having conquered; śvāsaḥ — the breathing process; jita — having conquered; āsanaḥ — the sitting postures.

TRANSLATION

A person should be attentive and grave and never lazy or morose. Mastering the yoga procedures of breathing and sitting properly, one should practice fixing the mind on Me at dawn, noon and sunset, and thus gradually the mind should be completely absorbed in Me.

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