32 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 1

Menaka. History has already recorded it. The mind, although ceasing to
think of sensual activities at present, remembers past sensual activities
from the subconscious status and thus disturbs one from cent per cent
engagement in self-realization. Therefore, Sukadeva Gosvami recommends
the next step of assured policy, namely to fix one’s mind in the service of
the Personality of Godhead. Lord Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, also recommends this direct process in the Bhagavad-gita
(Bg. 6.47). Thus, the mind being spiritually cleansed, one should at once
engage himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord by the
different devotional activities of hearing, chanting, etc. That is the surest
path of progress even for the disturbed mind, if performed under proper
guidance.

TEXT 19

Tard areata Fat |
nat fafted gaat aa: Pera 4 at |
qd acre front aa saleta 112i

tatraikdvayavam dhydyed
avyucchinnena cetasa

mano nirvisayam yuktva
tatah kificana na smaret

padam tat paramam visnor
mano yatra prasidati

tatra—thereafter; eka—one after one; avayavam—limbs of the body;
dhyayet—should be concentrated upon; avyucchinnena—without being
deviated from the complete form; cetasa—by the mind; manah—mind;
nirvisayam—without being contaminated by sense objects; yuktva—being
dovetailed; tatah—after that; kificana—anything; na—do not; smaret—think
of; padam—personality; tat—that; paramam—Supreme; visnoh—of Visnu;
manah—the mind; yatra—whereupon; prasidati— becomes reconciled.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, you should meditate upon the limbs of Visnu, one after
another, without being deviated from the conception of the complete
