Chapter 15
यदा मन उपादाय यद् यद् रूपं बुभूषति । तत्तद् भवेन्मनोरूपं मद्योगबलमाश्रय: ॥ २२ ॥
Transliteration
yadā mana upādāya yad yad rūpaṁ bubhūṣati tat tad bhaven mano-rūpaṁ mad-yoga-balam āśrayaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
yadā — when; manaḥ — the mind; upādāya — applying; yat yat — whatever; rūpam — form; bubhūṣati — one desires to assume; tat tat — that very form; bhavet — may appear; manaḥ-rūpam — the form desired by the mind; mat-yoga-balam — My inconceivable mystic potency, by which I manifest innumerable forms; āśrayaḥ — being the shelter.
Translation
“When the yogī, applying his mind in a certain way, desires to assume a particular form, that very form immediately appears. Such perfection is possible by absorbing the mind in the shelter of My inconceivable mystic potency, by which I assume innumerable forms.”