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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.13.14

etavan yoga adishto

mac-chishyaih sanakadibhih

sarvato mana akrishya

mayy addhavesyate yatha

SYNONYMS

etavan -- actually this; yogah -- yoga system; adishtah -- instructed; mat-sishyaih -- by My devotees; sanaka-adibhih -- headed by Sanaka-kumara; sarvatah -- from all sides; manah -- the mind; akrishya -- withdrawing; mayi -- in Me; addha -- directly; avesyate -- is absorbed; yatha -- accordingly.

TRANSLATION

The actual yoga system as taught by My devotees, headed by Sanaka-kumara, is simply this: Having withdrawn the mind from all other objects, one should directly and appropriately absorb it in Me.

PURPORT

The word yatha ("accordingly" or "properly") indicates that like Uddhava one should hear directly from Lord Krishna or His bona fide representative and directly (addha) fix the mind in Lord Krishna.

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