SB 11.13.14
Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 13: The Haḿsa-avatāra Answers the Questions of the Sons of Brahmā
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 14
etāvān yoga ādiṣṭo
mac-chiṣyaiḥ sanakādibhiḥ
sarvato mana ākṛṣya
mayy addhāveśyate yathā
SYNONYMS
etāvān—actually this; yogaḥ—yoga system; ādiṣṭaḥ—instructed; mat-śiṣyaiḥ—by My devotees; sanaka-ādibhiḥ—headed by Sanaka-kumāra; sarvataḥ—from all sides; manaḥ—the mind; ākṛṣya—withdrawing; mayi—in Me; addhā—directly; āveśyate—is absorbed; yathā—accordingly.
TRANSLATION
The actual yoga system as taught by My devotees, headed by Sanaka-kumāra, is simply this: Having withdrawn the mind from all other objects, one should directly and appropriately absorb it in Me.
PURPORT
The word yathā ("accordingly" or "properly") indicates that like Uddhava one should hear directly from Lord Kṛṣṇa or His bona fide representative and directly (addhā) fix the mind in Lord Kṛṣṇa.