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Kapila's Instructions on Devotional Service
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autkaṇthya-bāṣpa-kalayā muhur ardyamānas tac cāpi citta-baḍiśam śanakair viyuṅkte
evam—thus; harau—towards Lord Hari; bhagavati—the Personality of Godhead; pratilabdha—developed; bhāvaḥ—pure love; bhaktyā—by devotional service; dravat—melting; hrdayaḥ—his heart; utpulakaḥ—experiencing standing of the hairs of the body; pramodāt—from excessive joy; autkaṇthya—occasioned by intense love; bāṣpa-kalayā—by a stream of tears; muhuḥ—constantly; ardyamānaḥ—being afflicted; tat—that; ca—and; api—even; citta—the mind; baḍiśam—hook; śanakaiḥ—gradually; viyuṅkte—withdraws.
TRANSLATION
By following this course, the yogī gradually develops pure love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari. In the course of his progress in devotional service, the hairs on his body stand erect through excessive joy, and he is constantly bathed in a stream of tears occasioned by intense love. Gradually, even the mind which he used as a means to attract the Lord, as one attracts a fish to a hook, withdraws from material activity.
PURPORT
Here it is clearly mentioned that meditation, which is an action of the mind, is not the perfect stage of  samādhi  or absorption. In the beginning the mind is employed in attracting the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but in the higher stages there is no question of using the mind. A devotee becomes accustomed to serving the Supreme Lord by purification of his senses. In other words, the  yoga  principles of meditation are required as long as one is not situated in pure devotional service. The mind is used to purify the senses, but when the senses are purified by meditation, there is no need to sit in a particular place and to try to meditate upon the form of the Lord. One becomes so habituated that he automatically engages in the personal service of the Lord. When the mind forcibly is engaged upon the form of the Lord, this is called  nirbīja-yoga , or lifeless  yoga , for the  yogī  does not automatically engage in the personal service of the Lord. But when he is constantly thinking of the Lord, that is called  sabīja-yoga  or living  yoga . One has to be promoted to the platform of living  yoga .
One should engage in the service of the Lord twenty-four hours a day, as confirmed in the  Brahma-samhitā . The stage of  premāñjana-cchurita  can be attained by developing complete love. When one's love for the