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slightest from His transcendental position. So, for the benefit of men who
are unable to accept the Lord in His personal eternal form, Maharaja
Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami how to fix the mind on Him in
the beginning, and the Gosvami replied in detail as follows.
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Sri Suka uvaca
jitdsano jita-svaso
jita-sango jitendriyah
sthiile bhagavato riipe
manah sandhdarayed dhiya
Sri Suka uvdca—Sukadeva Gosvami said; jitdsanah—controlled sitting
posture; jita-svasah—controlled breathing process; jita-sangah—controlled
association; jitendriyah—controlled senses; sthiile—in the gross matter;
bhagavatah—unto the Personality of Godhead; riipe—in the feature of;
manah—the mind; sandharayet—must apply; dhiya—by intelligence.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami answered, One should control the sitting posture,
and regulate the breathing process by the yogic pranayama and thus control
the mind and the senses, and with intelligence apply the mind to the gross
potencies of the Lord [called the virata rapa].
PURPORT
The materially-absorbed mind of the conditioned soul does not allow
him to transcend the limit of the bodily conception of self, and thus the
yoga system for meditation (fixing the mind upon the Supreme, control-
ling the sitting posture and breathing process) is prescribed in order to
mold the character of the gross materialist. Unless such materialists are
