Text 7] Prayers by the Demigods 125

The word yoga means “‘link.” Any system of yoga is an attempt to
reconnect our broken relationship with the Supreme Personality of God-
head. There are different types of yoga, of which bhakti-yoga is the best.
In other yoga systems, one must undergo various processes before attain-
ing perfection, but bhakti-yoga is direct. The Lord says in Bhagavad-
gita (6.47):

yogindm api sarvesam
mad-gatendantaradtmana

Sraddhavan bhajate yo mam
sa me yuktatamo matah

‘‘Of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping
Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in
yoga and is the highest of all.”” For the bhakti-yogi, a human body is
guaranteed in his next existence, as stated by Lord Krsna (Sucinam
srimatam gehe yoga-bhrasto ’bhijayate). Yogamdaya is the spiritual po-
tency of the Lord. Out of affection for His devotees, the Lord always stays
in spiritual touch with them, although otherwise His maya potency is so
strong that she bewilders even exalted demigods like Brahma. Therefore
the Lord’s potency is called yogamaya. Since the Lord is Visvatma, He
immediately ordered Yogamaya to give protection to Devaki.

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gaccha devi vrajam bhadre
gopa-gobhir alankrtam

rohini vasudevasya
bharydste nanda-gokule

anyas ca kamsa-samvigna
vivaresu vasanti hi

gaccha—now go; devi—O you who are worshipable for the whole
world; vrajam—to the land of Vraja; bhadre—O you who are auspicious
