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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 22]
योगेश्वरोपासनया च नित्यं
पुष्पश्रवःकथया पुष्पया च ॥२२॥
sā śraddhayā bhagavad-dharma-caryayā jijñāsayādhyātmika-yoga-niṣṭhayā yogeśvaropāsanayā ca nityam puṇya-śravaḥ-kathayā puṇyayā ca
sā—that devotional service; śraddhayā—with faith and conviction; bhagavat-dharma—devotional service; caryayā—by discussion; jijñāsayā—by inquiry; adhyātmika—spiritual; yoga-niṣṭhayā—by conviction in spiritual understanding; yogeśvara—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; upāsanayā—by worship of Him; ca—and; nityam—regularly; puṇya-śravaḥ—by hearing which; kathayā—by discussion; puṇyayā—by pious; ca—also.
TRANSLATION
Attachment for the Supreme can be increased by practicing devotional service, inquiring about the Supreme Personality of God, applying bhakti-yoga in life, worshiping the Yogeśvara, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and by hearing and chanting about the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These actions are pious in themselves.
PURPORT
The word  yogeśvara  is applicable to both the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, and His devotees also. In  Bhagavad-gītā  this word occurs in two places. In the Eighteenth Chapter (18.78), Kṛṣṇa is described as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, who is the master of all mystic power ( yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo ). Yogeśvara is also described at the end of the Sixth Chapter ( sa me yuktatamo mataḥ ) (Bg. 6.47). This  yuktatama  indicates the topmost of all  yogīs —the devotees, who can also be called  yogeśvara . In this verse  yogeśvara-upāsanā  means to render service to a pure devotee. Thus Narottama dāsa Thākura says:  chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra payeche keba . Without serving a pure devotee, one cannot advance in spiritual life. Prahlāda Mahārāja also has said:
naiṣām matis tāvad urukramānghrim spṛśaty anarthāpagamo yad arthaḥ mahīyasām pāda-rajo bhiṣekam niṣkiñcanānām na vṛṇīta yāvat. (Bhāg. 7.5.32)