Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.28.10

mano 'cirat syad virajam

jita-svasasya yoginah

vayv-agnibhyam yatha loham

dhmatam tyajati vai malam

SYNONYMS

manah -- the mind; acirat -- soon; syat -- can be; virajam -- free from disturbances; jita-svasasya -- whose breathing is controlled; yoginah -- of the yogi; vayu-agnibhyam -- by air and fire; yatha -- just as; loham -- gold; dhmatam -- fanned; tyajati -- becomes freed from; vai -- certainly; malam -- impurity.

TRANSLATION

The yogis who practice such breathing exercises are very soon freed from all mental disturbances, just as gold, when put into fire and fanned with air, becomes free from all impurities.

PURPORT

This process of purifying the mind is also recommended by Lord Caitanya; He says that one should chant Hare Krishna. He says further, param vijayate: "All glories to Sri Krishna sankirtana!" All glories are given to the chanting of the holy names of Krishna because as soon as one begins this process of chanting, the mind becomes purified. Ceto-darpana-marjanam: [Cc. Antya 20.12] by chanting the holy name of Krishna one is cleansed of the dirt that accumulates in the mind. One can purify the mind either by the breathing process or by the chanting process, just as one can purify gold by putting it in a fire and fanning it with a bellows.

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