Text 16] The Lord in the Heart 87

constantly remembers Him in every step, easily obtains the mercy of the
Lord by entering into His personal contact. Such devotees do not need
to seek an opportune moment to leave the present body. Rather, those who
are mixed devotees, alloyed with fruitive action or empirical philosophic
speculation, require an opportune moment for quitting this body. For
them the opportune moments are stated in the Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 8.23-26).
But these opportune moments are not as important as one’s being a
successful yogi who is able to quit this body as he likes. However, such a
yogi must be competent to control his senses by the mind. Mind is easily
conquered simply by engaging it at the lotus feet of the Lord. Gradually,
by such service, all the senses become automatically engaged in the service
of the Lord. That is the way of merging into the Supreme Absolute.

TEXT 16

aa aaaea fara
aaa cat Praag aarata |
arararaaaey =| At
TNT = FANT LEI

manah svabuddhyamalaya niyamya
ksetra-jna etam nilayet tam atmani

atmanam atmany avarudhya dhiro
labdhopasantir virameta krtyat

manah—the mind; sva-buddhyd—by his own intelligence; amalaya—
unalleyed-niyamya— by regulating;ksetra-jie—unto the living entity; etam
~all of them; nilayet—merge; tam—that; dtmani—the self; dtmanam— the
self; @tmani—in the Superself; avarudhya—being locked up; dhirah—the
fully satisfied; labdha-upasantih—one who has attained full bliss; virameta
—ceases from; krtyat—all other activities.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, the yogi should merge his mind, by his unalloyed
intelligence, into the living entity, and then merge the living entity into
the Superself. And by doing this, the fully satisfied living entity becomes
