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conch shell, the wheel, the club and the lotus.” The yogi who thinks of the four-handed Vishnu becomes developed in devotional ecstasy, and attains the different symptoms of that position. Sometimes he cries, sometimes he feels separation. In this way he becomes merged in transcendental bliss. So, as a result of such transcendental bliss, he is practically entrapped like a fish.
Such  Sagarbha  and  Nigarbha  yogis can be divided into three: the beginner, the person who is already on the ascendent, and he who has already achieved a perfection. In the  Bhagavad Gita  they have been described in the Sixth Chapter as follows: Persons who are trying to ascend on the path of the mystic Yoga system are called  Aruruksha . In  Aruruksha  Yoga there are different kinds of sitting postures and there is concentration of the mind. For one who is already ascended on the path of Yoga, meditation and detachment are the causes. And when one has no attachment for working in the matter of sense gratification, then gradually he becomes free, and becomes situated in ecstasy and is called  Yoga Rudha . Such mystic yogis, if they in some way or other come in contact with a saintly person, also are converted to become devotees of Krishna.
So far as the word  Urukrama  is concerned, it is already explained:  Urukrama  means the Supreme Lord, and all these  Atmaramas  are engaged in devotional service to  Urukrama . Before engaging themselves in devotional service, such transcendentalists are called  Shantas , or they are called pacified devotees.
Atma , self, is also known as the mind. Sometimes there are mental speculationists who present philosophical thoughts in different ways, but when they come into contact with saintly persons engaged in devotional service, they also become devotees.
Concerning the two classes of yogis,  Sagarbha  and  Nigarbha , the  Srimad Bhagwatam , in the Tenth Canto, Eighty-seventh Chapter, describes them as follows: “The yogis begin their practice by worshipping the abdomen, and try to concentrate their attention on their intestines. Then gradually they rise to the heart, and concentrate the mind on the heart. Then gradually they rise to the top of the head. One who can rise to that portion is understood to have become perfect, and is no longer subjected to birth and death.” Even such yogis, if they come in contact with pure devotees, will also render causeless devotional service to the Lord.
Another meaning of  Atma  is to endeavor. In every practice there is endeavor, and the ultimate endeavor is to reach the highest perfectional stage of devotional service. In the  Srimad Bhagwatam , First Canto, Fifth Chapter, 18th verse, it is stated that one should try for the highest achievement, which cannot be at-