976 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 24
bahu-janma-vipakvena
samyag-yoga-samadhina
drastum yatante yatayah
Sinydagaresu yat-padam

bahu—many; janma—after births; vipakvena—which is mature; samyak—
perfect; yoga-samadhinad—by trance in yoga; drastum—to see; yatante—
they endeavor; yatayah—the yogis; siinya-agaresu—in secluded places; yat—
whose; padam-—feet.

TRANSLATION

After many births, mature yogis, by complete trance in yoga, endeavor
in secluded places to see the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of God-
head.

PURPORT

Some important things are mentioned here about yoga. The word bahu-
Janma-vipakvena means after many, many births of mature yoga practice.
And another word, samyag-yoga-samadhina, means by complete practice of
the yoga system. Complete practice of yoga means bhakti-yoga; unless
one comes to the point of bhakti-yoga, or surrender unto the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, one’s yoga practice is not complete. This same
point is corroborated in the Srimad Bhagavad-gita. Bahitnarh janmanam
ante: after many, many births, the jiant who has matured in transcen-
dental knowledge surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Kardama Muni repeats the same statement: After many, many years and
many, many births of complete practice of yoga, one can see the lotus
feet of the Supreme Lord in a secluded place. It is not that after one
practices some sitting postures he immediately becomes perfect. One has
to perform yoga a long time—“‘many, many births”—to become mature,
and a yogi has to practice in a secluded place. One cannot practice yoga in
a city or in a public park and declare that he has become God simply by
some exchange of dollars. This is all bogus propaganda. Those who are
actually yogis practice in a secluded place, and after many, many births
they become successful, provided they surrender unto the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, which is the completion of yoga.

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