CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Kapilas Instructions on the Execution
of Devotional Service

TEXT 1
MINNTAT

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sri bhagavan uvaca
yogasya laksanam vaksye
sabijasya nrpatmaje
mano yenaiva vidhinad
prasannam yati sat-patham

Sri bhagavan uvaca—the Personality of Godhead said; yogasya—of the
yoga system; laksanam—description; vaksye—I shall explain; sa-bijasya—
authorized; nrpa-atma-je—O daughter of the King; manah—the mind;
yena—by which; eva—certainly; vidhina—by practice; prasannam—joyful;
yati—attains; sat-patham—the path of the Absolute Truth.

TRANSLATION

The Personality of Godhead said: My dear mother, O daughter of the
King, now I shall explain to you the system of yoga, the object of which
is to concentrate the mind. By practicing this system one can become
joyful and progressively advance towards the path of the Absolute Truth.

PURPORT

The yoga process explained by Lord Kapiladeva in this chapter is autho-
rized and standard, and therefore these instructions should be followed
very carefully. To begin, the Lord says that by yoga practice one can make

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