🪷 ŚB 2.7.48

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

सध्‌रयङ् नियम्य यतयो यमकर्तहेतिं । जह्यु: स्वराडिव निपानखनित्रमिन्द्र: ॥ ४८ ॥

Transliteration

sadhryaṅ niyamya yatayo yama-karta-hetiṁ jahyuḥ svarāḍ iva nipāna-khanitram indraḥ
Synonyms
sadhryak — artificial mental speculation or meditation; niyamya — controlling; yatayaḥ — the mystics; yama-karta-hetim — the process of spiritual culture; jahyuḥ — are given up; svarāṭ — fully independent; iva — as; nipāna — well; khanitram — trouble for digging; indraḥ — the controlling demigod supplying rains.

Translation

In such a transcendental state there is no need of artificial control of the mind, mental speculation or meditation, as performed by the jñānīs and yogīs. One gives up such processes, as the heavenly King, Indra, forgoes the trouble to dig a well.

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