SB 11.15.1

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 15: Lord Kṛṣṇa's Description of Mystic Yoga Perfections

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 1

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

jitendriyasya yuktasya

jita-śvāsasya yoginaḥ

mayi dhārayataś ceta

upatiṣṭhanti siddhayaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; jita-indriyasya — of one who has conquered his senses; yuktasya — who has steadied the mind; jita-śvāsasya — and conquered his breathing system; yoginaḥ — of such a yogī; mayi — in Me; dhārayataḥ — fixing; cetaḥ — his consciousness; upatiṣṭhanti — appear; siddhayaḥ — the mystic perfections of yoga.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, the mystic perfections of yoga are acquired by a yogī who has conquered his senses, steadied his mind, conquered the breathing process and fixed his mind on Me.

PURPORT

There are eight primary mystic perfections, such as aṇimā-siddhi, and ten secondary perfections. In this Fifteenth Chapter Lord Kṛṣṇa will explain that such mystic perfections are actually impediments to the development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and that therefore one should not desire them.

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