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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 3]
suggestion, one can offer respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord. This is the beginning of devotional life.
TEXT 27
योगरन्धितकर्माणो हृदि योगविभाविते । योगिनोयं प्रपश्यन्ति योगेशं तं नतोऽस्म्यहम् ॥ २७ ॥
yoga-randhita-karmāṇo hṛdi yoga-vibhāvite yogino yam prapaśyanti yogeśam tam nato 'smy aham
yoga-randhita-karmāṇaḥ —persons whose reactions to fruitive activities have been burnt up by  bhakti-yoga ;  hṛdi —within the core of the heart;  yoga-vibhāvite —completely purified and clean;  yoginaḥ —mystics who are competent;  yam —unto the Personality of Godhead who;  prapaśyanti —directly see;  yoga-īśam —unto that Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all mystic  yoga ;  tam —unto Him;  nataḥ asmi —offering obeisances;  aham —I.
TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme, the Supersoul, the master of all mystic  yoga , who is seen in the core of the heart by perfect mystics when they are completely purified and freed from the reactions of fruitive activity by practicing  bhakti-yoga .
PURPORT
The King of the elephants, Gajendra, simply accepted that there must be someone who has created this cosmic manifestation and has supplied its ingredients. This should be admitted by everyone, even the most determined atheists. Why, then, do the nondevotees and atheists not admit this? The reason is that they are polluted by the reactions of their fruitive activities. One must be freed from all the dirt accumulated within the heart due to fruitive activities performed one after another. One must wash off this dirt by practicing  bhakti-yoga .  Yoga-randhita-