Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.33

etad-antaḥ samāmnāyo

yogaḥ sāńkhyaḿ manīṣiṇām

tyāgas tapo damaḥ satyaḿ

samudrāntā ivāpagāḥ

SYNONYMS

etat — having this; antaḥ — as its conclusion; samāmnāyaḥ — the entire Vedic literature; yogaḥ — the standard system of yoga; sāńkhyam — the process of Sāńkhya meditation, by which one learns to discriminate between spirit and matter; manīṣiṇām — of the intelligent; tyāgaḥ — renunciation; tapaḥ — austerity; damaḥ — sense control; satyam — and honesty; samudra-antāḥ — leading to the ocean; iva — as; āpa-gāḥ — rivers.

TRANSLATION

According to intelligent authorities, this is the ultimate conclusion of all the Vedas, as well as all practice of yoga, Sāńkhya, renunciation, austerity, sense control and truthfulness, just as the sea is the ultimate destination of all rivers.

PURPORT

Here the Lord states that all Vedic literature is meant ultimately to bring the soul to the point of controlling the mind and senses and fixing them in transcendental self-realization. Thus processes of so-called yoga, mysticism or religion that involve unrestricted sense gratification are not actually spiritual processes but rather convenient ways for foolish people to justify their beastly behavior.

Lord Kṛṣṇa here assures the gopīs that by fixing their minds in self-realization, they will realize their spiritual oneness with the Lord. Thus they will no longer suffer the pangs of separation.

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