Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 14 Verse 34

Canto 11: General History | Chapter 14: Lord Kṛṣṇa Explains the Yoga System to Śrī Uddhava

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.14.34

hṛdy avicchinam oḿkāraḿ

ghaṇṭā-nādaḿ bisorṇa-vat

prāṇenodīrya tatrātha

punaḥ saḿveśayet svaram

SYNONYMS

hṛdi — in the heart; avicchinnam — uninterrupted, continuous; oḿkāram — the sacred vibration oḿ; ghaṇṭā — like a bell; nādam — sound; bisa-ūrṇa-vat — like the fiber running up the lotus stalk; prāṇena — by the wind of prāṇa; udīrya — pushing upward; tatra — therein (at a distance of twelve thumb-breadths); atha — thus; punaḥ — again; saḿveśayet — one should join together; svaram — the fifteen vibrations produced with anusvāra.

TRANSLATION

Beginning from the mūlādhāra-cakra, one should move the life air continuously upward like the fibers in the lotus stalk until one reaches the heart, where the sacred syllable oḿ is situated like the sound of a bell. One should thus continue raising the sacred syllable upward the distance of twelve ańgulas, and there the oḿkāra should be joined together with the fifteen vibrations produced with anusvāra.

PURPORT

It appears that the yoga system is somewhat technical and difficult to perform. Anusvāra refers to a nasal vibration pronounced after the fifteen Sanskrit vowels. The complete explanation of this process is extremely complicated and obviously unsuitable for this age. From this description we can appreciate the sophisticated achievements of those who in former ages practiced mystic meditation. Despite such appreciation, however, we should stick firmly to the simple, foolproof method of meditation prescribed for the present age, the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare R ama, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

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