Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.28.40

kāḿścin mamānudhyānena

nāma-sańkīrtanādibhiḥ

yogeśvarānuvṛttyā vā

hanyād aśubha-dān śanaiḥ

SYNONYMS

kāḿścit — some; mama — of Me; anudhyānena — by constant thought; nāma — of the holy names; sańkīṛtana — by the loud chanting; ādibhiḥ — and so on; yoga-īśvara — of the great masters of yoga; anuvṛttyā — by following in the footsteps; vā — or; hanyāt — may be destroyed; aśubha-dān — (the obstructions) that create inauspicious situations; śanaiḥ — gradually.

TRANSLATION

These inauspicious disturbances can be gradually removed by constant remembrance of Me, by congregational hearing and chanting of My holy names, or by following in the footsteps of the great masters of yoga.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, by meditation on the Supreme Lord one can overcome lust and other mental disturbances, and by following in the footsteps of great transcendentalists one can overcome hypocrisy, false pride and other types of mental imbalance.

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