1178 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 28

The word asteyam is also very important for a yogi. Asteyam means to
refrain from theft. In the broader sense, everyone who accumulates more
than he needs is a thief. According to spiritual communism, one cannot
possess more than he needs for his personal maintenance. That is the law of
nature. Anyone who accumulates more money or more possessions than
he needs is called a thief, and one who simply accumulates wealth without
spending for sacrifice or for worship of the Personality of Godhead is a
great thief.

Svadhydyah means reading the authorized Vedic scriptures. Even if one
is not Krsna conscious and is practicing the yoga system, he must read
standard Vedic literatures in order to understand. Performance of yoga
alone is not sufficient. Narottama dasa Thakura, a great devotee and dcarya
in the Gaudiya Vaisnava-sampradaya, says that all spiritual activities should
be understood from three sources, namely saintly persons, standard scrip-
tures and the spiritual master. These three guides are very important for
progress in spiritual life. The spiritual master prescribes standard literature
for the prosecution of the yoga of devotional service, and he himself speaks
only from scriptural reference. Therefore reading standard scriptures is
necessary for executing yoga. Practicing yoga without reading the standard
literatures is simply a waste of time.

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aid Aq TATA: SAF TAT: Tas |
TTA ATTA eT 14 UI
maunam sad-asana-jayah
sthairyam prana-jayah sanaih
pratyaharas cendriyanam
visayan manasd hrdi

maunam-silence; sat—good; dsana—yogic postures; jayah—controlling;
sthairyam—steadiness; prana-jayah—controlling the vital air; sanaih—
gradually; pratyaharah—withdrawal; ca—and; indriyandm— of the senses;
visayat—from the sense objects; manasa—with the mind; hrdi—on the heart.

TRANSLATION

One must observe silence, acquire steadiness by practicing different
yogic postures, control the breathing of the vital air, withdraw the senses
from sense objects, and thus concentrate the mind on the heart.
