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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees …

[SB 1.15.41]

Prabhupāda: Yes?

Pradyumna: vācam---speeches; juhāva---relinquished; manasi---into the mind; tat prāṇe---mind into breathing; itare ca---other senses also; tam---into that; mṛtyau---into death; apānam---breathing; sa-utsargam---with …

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Prabhupāda: Hmm. Read the purport also.

Pradyumna: "Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, like his brother Arjuna, began to concentrate and gradually became freed from all material bondage. First of …

"Actually, the activities of the mind cannot be stopped, because they are the reflection of the eternal soul. But the …

Prabhupāda: So this verse described in the manner of yogic practice. The yogic practice means controlling five kinds of air …

So it appears that Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira knew how to practice the yoga. Not only Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; practically any high-class man, …

Just like Bhīṣmadeva. Bhīṣmadeva especially, his father gave him the benediction that so long he would not himself like to …

So Bhīṣmadeva could understand that "My father desires to marry this young girl, Satyavatī, and there is some hindrances." So …

So his father, Śantanu Mahārāja, saw that Bhīṣma is so affectionate to his father that for the father's sense gratification …

So they can go, the yogīs, as they desire. Either he can go directly to the spiritual world, or if …

So vacāṁsi. If you can control your mind, then you can control your words. There are kāya, mana, vākya. Three …

So it is a matter of control. This is con... Yoga means indriya-saṁyama, controlling the senses. That is called yoga, …

Therefore yoga practice is meant for a person who is too much in bodily concept of life. Otherwise, one who …

So our senses are so strong. If you stop this sense, the other sense is prepared to kill you. Because …

So Ambarīṣa Mahārāja, a great devotee, he controlled his mind, senses in this way. The first thing is to... Sa …

Therefore bhakti-yoga system is to engage the senses and the mind in Kṛṣṇa's service. If your mind is engaged in …