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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.14

तस्मादेकेन मनसा भगवान् सात्वतां पति: । श्रोतव्य: कीर्तितव्यश्च ध्येय: पूज्यश्च नित्यदा ॥ १४ ॥
tasmād ekena manasā
[tasmaad ekena manasaa]
bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ
[bhagavaan saatvataam patih]
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca
[shrotavyah keertitavyash cha]
dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā
[dhyeyah poojyash cha nityadaa]
tasmāt — therefore ekena — by one manasā — attention of the mind bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead sātvatām — of the devotees patiḥ — protector śrotavyaḥ — is to be heard kīrtitavyaḥ — to be glorified ca — and dhyeyaḥ — to be remembered pūjyaḥ — to be worshiped ca — and nityadā — constantly.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasmād ekena manasā
tasmāt
therefore
ekena
by one
manasā
attention of the mind
bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ
bhagavān
the Personality of Godhead
sātvatām
of the devotees
patiḥ
protector
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca
śrotavyaḥ
is to be heard
kīrtitavyaḥ
to be glorified
ca
and
dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā
dhyeyaḥ
to be remembered
pūjyaḥ
to be worshiped
ca
and
nityadā
constantly.
Therefore, with one-pointed attention, one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember and worship the Personality of Godhead, who is the protector of the devotees.

If realization of the Absolute Truth is the ultimate aim of life, it must be carried out by all means. In any one of the above-mentioned castes and orders of life, the four processes, namely glorifying, hearing, remembering and worshiping, are general occupations. Without these principles of life, no one can exist. Activities of the living being involve engagements in these four different principles of life. Especially in modern society, all activities are more or less dependent on hearing and glorifying. Any man from any social status becomes a well-known man in human society within a very short time if he is simply glorified truly or falsely in the daily newspapers. Sometimes political leaders of a particular party are also advertised by newspaper propaganda, and by such a method of glorification an insignificant man becomes an important man — within no time. But such propaganda by false glorification of an unqualified person cannot bring about any good, either for the particular man or for the society. There may be some temporary reactions to such propaganda, but there are no permanent effects. Therefore such activities are a waste of time. The actual object of glorification is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has created everything manifested before us. We have broadly discussed this fact from the beginning of the “ janmādy asya ” śloka of this Bhāgavatam. The tendency to glorify others or hear others must be turned to the real object of glorification — the Supreme Being. And that will bring happiness.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Therefore, with mind dedicated only to bhakti, devoid of karma and jñāna, one should constantly hear about, glorify and meditate upon the Supreme Lord — the master of the devotees.
Commentary

Because of this, one should worship the Supreme Lord with the mind devoid of the desire to perform karma and jñāna (ekena manasā).

Hear, glorify, remember, worship — with one-pointed attention. The simplicity is the discipline: not many techniques, but the same few performed constantly, like breathing.
Reflection Questions
  • Which of the four — hearing, glorifying, remembering, worshiping — do I avoid, and why?
  • What would one full day of one-pointed attention to these four actually feel like?
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