Text 8] Kapila’s Instructions on Devotional Service 1181

PURPORT

Etair anyais ca. The general yoga process entails observing the rules and
regulations, practicing the different sitting postures, concentrating the mind
on the vital circulation of the air and then thinking of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead in His Vaikuntha pastimes. This is the general
process of yoga. This same concentration can be achieved by other recom-
mended processes, and therefore anyais ca, other methods, also can be
applied. The essential point is that the mind, which is contaminated by
material attraction, has to be bridled and concentrated on the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. It cannot be fixed on something void or
impersonal. For this reason, so-called yoga practices of voidism and:
impersonalism are not recommended in any standard yoga-sdstra. The
real yogi is the devotee because his mind is always concentrated on the
pastimes of Lord Krsna. Therefore Krsna consciousness is the topmost
yoga system.

TEXT 8

gat 2a afters Ffreraa naay |
Tey Shea THAT AIT: TMAATIS I

Sucau dese pratisthapya
vyitdsana dsanam

tasmin svasti samasina
rju-kayah samabhyaset

Sucau dese—in a sanctified place; pratisthapya—after placing; vijita-
dsanah—controlling the sitting postures; dsanam—a seat; tasmin—in that
place; svasti samasinah—sitting in an easy posture; sju-kayah—keeping the
body erect; samabhyaset—one should practice.

TRANSLATION

After controlling one’s mind and sitting postures, one should spread a
seat in a secluded and sanctified place, sit there in an easy posture, keeping
the body erect, and practice breath control.

PURPORT

Sitting in an easy posture is called svasti samasinah. It is recommended
in the yoga scripture that one should put the soles of the feet between the
