CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Kapila's Instructions on the Execution of Devotional Service
TEXT 1
श्रीभगवानुवाच
योगस्य लक्षणं वक्ष्ये सबीजस्य नृपात्मजे । मनो येनैव विधिना प्रसन्नं याति सत्पथम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca yogasya lakṣaṇam vakṣye sabījasya nṛpātmaje mano yenaiva vidhinā prasannam yāti sat-patham
śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Personality of Godhead said; yogasya—of the yoga system; lakṣaṇam—description; vakṣye—I shall explain; sa-bījasya—authorized; nṛpa-ātma-je—O daughter of the King; manaḥ—the mind; yena—by which; eva—certainly; vidhinā—by practice; prasannam—joyful; yāti—attains; sat-patham—the path of the Absolute Truth.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead said: My dear mother, O daughter of the King, now I shall explain to you the system of yoga, the object of which is to concentrate the mind. By practicing this system one can become joyful and progressively advance towards the path of the Absolute Truth.
PURPORT
The yoga process explained by Lord Kapiladeva in this chapter is authorized and standard, and therefore these instructions should be followed very carefully. To begin, the Lord says that by yoga practice one can make
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