Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 29: Bhakti-yoga

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.29.2

prāyaśah pundarīkāksha

yuñyanto yogino manah

vishīdanty asamādhānān

mano-nigraha-karśitāh

SYNONYMS

prāyaśah — for the most part; pundarīka-akshaO lotus-eyed Lord; yuñjantah — who engage; yoginah — yogīs; manah — the mind; vishīdanti — become frustrated; asamādhānāt — because of inability to attain trance; manah-nigraha — by the attempt to subdue the mind; karśitāh — weary.

TRANSLATION

O lotus-eyed Lord, generally those yogīs who try to steady the mind experience frustration because of their inability to perfect the state of trance. Thus they weary in their attempt to bring the mind under control.

PURPORT

Without the shelter of the Supreme Lord, a yogī easily becomes discouraged in the difficult task of fixing his mind on the Supreme.

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