Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.45

danam sva-dharmo niyamo yamas ca

srutam ca karmani ca sad-vratani

sarve mano-nigraha-laksanantah

paro hi yogo manasah samadhih

SYNONYMS

danam -- giving of charity; sva-dharmah -- carrying out one's prescribed duties; niyamah -- the regulations of day-to-day life; yamah -- the major regulations of spiritual practice; ca -- and; srutam -- listening to scripture; ca -- and; karmani -- pious work; ca -- and; sat -- pure; vratani -- vows; sarve -- all; manah-nigrahah -- the subduing of the mind; laksana -- consisting of; antah -- their aim; parah -- supreme; hi -- indeed; yogah -- transcendental knowledge; manasah -- of the mind; samadhih -- 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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