Canto 11, Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Verse 14 (SB 11.13.14)
SB 11.13.14 • मूल श्लोक

एतावान् योग आदिष्टो मच्छिष्यै: सनकादिभि: । सर्वतो मन आकृष्य मय्यद्धावेश्यते यथा ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

etāvān yoga ādiṣṭo mac-chiṣyaiḥ sanakādibhiḥ sarvato mana ākṛṣya mayy addhāveśyate yathā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

etāvān — actually this; yogaḥ — yoga system; ādiṣṭaḥ — instructed; mat-śiṣyaiḥ — by My devotees; sanaka-ādibhiḥ — headed by Sanaka-kumāra; sarvataḥ — from all sides; manaḥ — the mind; ākṛṣya — withdrawing; mayi — in Me; addhā — directly; āveśyate — is absorbed; yathā — accordingly.

Translation

“The actual yoga system as taught by My devotees, headed by Sanaka-kumāra, is simply this: Having withdrawn the mind from all other objects, one should directly and appropriately absorb it in Me.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
The word yathā (“accordingly” or “properly”) indicates that like Uddhava one should hear directly from Lord Kṛṣṇa or His bona fide representative and directly (addhā) fix the mind in Lord Kṛṣṇa.