Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 13: The Hamsa-avatara Answers the Questions of the Sons of Brahma

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.13.13

apramatto 'nuyunjita

mano mayy arpayan chanaih

anirvinno yatha-kalam

jita-svaso jitasanah

SYNONYMS

apramattah -- attentive and grave; anuyunjita -- one should fix; manah -- the mind; mayi -- in Me; arpayan -- placing; sanaih -- gradually, step by step; anirvinnah -- without being lazy or morose; yatha-kalam -- at least three times a day (dawn, noon and sunset); jita -- having conquered; svasah -- the breathing process; jita -- having conquered; asanah -- 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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