Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.20.14
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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apakva-yoginaḥ
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of an immature yogī
Apakva = unripe, unbaked. Gauḍīyas use this same word in Caitanya-caritāmṛta to mark stages of bhakti — apakva śraddhā ripens into ruci, then bhāva, then prema. Yoga is no different: ripening, not declaring, is the criterion.
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cittam
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the mind
Citta — the reflective mind, the locus of vāsanā. The yoga-sūtras define yoga as citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ; Gauḍīyas re-aim that nirodha toward Kṛṣṇa, not toward emptiness.
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kāma-aktam
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smeared with lust
Compound: kāma (desire) + akta (anointed, smeared). Lust as a stain — not merely a thought but a tincture. Gauḍīyas know it is replaced not by suppression but by śuddha-kāma (Rādhā's kind) — the same energy, retargeted on Kṛṣṇa.
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guṇa-yuk
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joined with the modes
Compound: guṇa + yuk (joined). The mind under guṇa's influence. The verse contrasts implicitly with the sthitaprajña of Gītā 2 — the mind no longer guṇa-yuk.
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sindhuḥ
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the ocean
Sindhu — the great waters. In Vaiṣṇava imagery the ocean is also Viṣṇu's bed (Kṣīrodakaśāyī); the agitation here is not of the bed itself but of the meeting-point. The Lord rests; the conditioned mind churns.
The Sindhu river mixing with the smaller rivers becomes disturbed with turbulent waves. The use of masculine gender for sindhu instead of feminine is traditional usage. The desires in the yogi’s heart (kamasktam) are compared to the waves. The desires arise from the contact with the material objects (guna yuk), just as the waves arise from the merging of the smaller rivers.
There is mention of the ocean, though it does not exist in Vṛndāvana, in order to describe the nature of the monsoon. However the word ocean can be taken as “like the ocean.” There is a huge lake called Koṭara, with power like Mānasa-gaṅgā, at the western edge of Mathurā district.
- Which 'confluence' (a major life choice, a relationship) is currently stirring my mind?
- Where can I read agitation as a maturation signal rather than as defeat?
Where rivers fall into the ocean, the wind churns the meeting into agitation — like an immature yogī's mind where sense-objects still pour in and lust still blows. The mature yogī's mind is the Yamunā at midnight in Vraja: rivers entering without disturbance, because the centre is held by Kṛṣṇa's flute. Stillness is not the absence of inflow; it is the presence of the right Lord at the centre.
My note
Source: vedabase.io