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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 6]
सलोकपाला मुनयो मनूना-
माधं मनुं प्राञ्जलयः प्रणेष्ठुः ॥३९॥
tam brahma-nirvāṇa-samādhim āśritam vyupāśritam giriśam yogakakṣām saloka-pālā munayo manūnām ādyam manum prānjalayaḥ praṇemuḥ
tam—him (Lord Śiva); brahma-nirvāṇa—in brahmānanda; samādhim—in trance; āśritam—absorbed; vyupāśritam—leaning on; giriśam—Lord Śiva; yoga-kakṣām—having his left knee firmly fixed with a knotted cloth; saloka-pālāḥ—along with the demigods (headed by Indra); munayaḥ—the sages; manūnām—of all thinkers; ādyam—the chief; manum—thinker; prānjalayaḥ—with folded palms; praṇemuḥ—offered respectful obeisances.
TRANSLATION
All the sages and the demigods, headed by Indra, offered their respectful obeisances unto Lord Śiva with folded hands. Lord Śiva was dressed in saffron colored garments and was absorbed in trance, thus appearing to be the head of all sages.
PURPORT
In this verse the word  brahmānanda  is significant. This  brahmānanda , or  brahma-nirvāṇa , is explained by Prahlāda Mahārāja. When one is completely absorbed in the  adhokṣaja , the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond the sense perception of materialistic persons, this is called  brahmānanda .
It is impossible to conceive of the existence, name, form, quality and pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He is transcendentally situated beyond the conception of materialistic persons. Because materialists cannot imagine or conceive of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they may think that God is dead, but factually He is always existing in His  sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha . His eternal form. Constant meditation concentrated on the form of the Lord is called  samādhi , ecstasy or trance.  Samādhi  means particularly concentrated attention, so one who has achieved the qualification of always meditating on the Personality of Godhead is to be understood to be always in trance and enjoying  brahma-nirvāṇa  or  brahmānanda . Lord Śiva exhibited those symptoms, and therefore it is stated that he was absorbed in  brahmānanda .
Another significant word is  yogakakṣām .  Yogakakṣām  is the sitting posture in which the left thigh is fixed under one's tightly knotted saffron