Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.23.45

dānaḿ sva-dharmo niyamo yamaś ca

śrutaḿ ca karmāṇi ca sad-vratāni

sarve mano-nigraha-lakṣaṇāntāḥ

paro hi yogo manasaḥ samādhiḥ

SYNONYMS

dānam — giving of charity; sva-dharmaḥ — carrying out one's prescribed duties; niyamaḥ — the regulations of day-to-day life; yamaḥ — the major regulations of spiritual practice; ca — and; śrutam — listening to scripture; ca — and; karmāṇi — pious work; ca — and; sat — pure; vratāni — vows; sarve — all; manaḥ-nigrahaḥ — the subduing of the mind; lakṣaṇa — consisting of; antāḥ — their aim; paraḥ — supreme; hi — indeed; yogaḥ — transcendental knowledge; manasaḥ — of the mind; samādhiḥ — meditation on the Supreme in trance.

TRANSLATION

Charity, prescribed duties, observance of major and minor regulative principles, hearing from scripture, pious works and purifying vows all have as their final aim the subduing of the mind. Indeed, concentration of the mind on the Supreme is the highest yoga.

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