Text 11:11
Explanations of the Atmarama verse
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TEXT 11A
নব-যোগীশ্বর জন্ম হৈতে ‘সাধক’ জ্ঞানী । 
বিধি-শিব-নারদ-মুখে কৃষ্ণগুণ শুনি’ ॥ ১১৮ ॥
nava-yogīśvara janma haite ‘sādhaka’ jñānī vidhi-śiva-nārada-mukhe krsna-guna śunī’
SYNONYMS
nava —nine;  yogi-īśvara —great saintly  yogīs ;  janma haite —from the very birth;  sādhaka —practicers;  jñānī —well versed in transcendental knowledge;  vidhi —Lord Brahmā;  śiva —Lord Śiva;  nārada —the great sage Nārada;  mukhe —in their mouths;  krṣṇa-guṇa śuni' —hearing the transcendental qualities of Krṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
“From their very births, the nine great mystic yogīs [Yogendras] were impersonal philosophers of the Absolute Truth. However, because they heard about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s qualities from Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and the great sage Nārada, they also became Kṛṣṇa’s devotees.
TEXT 1199
গুণাকুষ্ট হএগ করে কৃষ্ণের ভজন । একাদশ-ক্ষেদ্ধে তাঁর ভক্তি-বিবরণ ॥ ১১৯ ॥
gunākrṣṭa hañā kare krṣṇera bhajana ekādaśa-skandhe tāṅra bhakti-vivaraṇa
SYNONYMS
guṇa-ākṛṣṭa hañā —being attracted by the transcendental qualities;  kare —engaged in;  kṛṣṇera bhajana —the devotional service of the Lord;  ekādaśa-skandhe —in the Eleventh Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ;  tāṅra —of them;  bhakti-vivaraṇa —description of the devotional service.
TRANSLATION
“In the Eleventh Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there is a full description of the devotional service of the nine Yogendras, who rendered devotional service because they were attracted by the Lord’s transcendental qualities.