1162 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 27
engagement in austerity; yogena—by mystic yoga; tivrena—firmly fixed;
atma-samadhina—by self-absorption.
TRANSLATION

This devotional service has to be performed strongly in perfect knowl-
edge and with transcendental vision. One must be strongly renounced and
must engage in austerity and perform mystic yoga in order to be firmly
fixed in self-absorption.

PURPORT

Devotional service in Krsna consciousness cannot be performed blindly
due to material emotion or mental concoction. It is specifically mentioned
here that one has to perform devotional service in full knowledge by
visualizing the Absolute Truth. We can understand about the Absolute
Truth by evolving transcendental knowledge, and the result of such
transcendental knowledge will be manifested by renunciation. That
renunciation is not temporary or artificial, but is very strong. It is said that
development of Krsna consciousness is exhibited by proportionate material
detachment, or vairdgya. If one does not separate himself from material
enjoyment, it is to be understood that he is not advancing in Krsna
consciousness. Renunciation in Krsna consciousness is so strong that it
cannot be deviated by any attractive illusion. One has to perform devotional
service in full tapasya, austerity. One should fast on the two Ekadasi
days, which fall on the eleventh day of the waxing and waning moon, and
on the birthdays of Lord Krsna, Lord Rama and Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
There are many such fasting days. Yogena means “‘by controlling the senses
and mind.’ Yoga indriya-saniyama. Yogena implies that one is seriously
absorbed in the self and is able, by development of knowledge, to under-
stand his constitutional position in relationship with the Superself. In this
way he becomes fixed in devotional service, and his faith cannot be shaken
by any material allurement.

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