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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.15.21

मनो मयि सुसंयोज्य देहं तदनुवायुना । मद्धारणानुभावेन तत्रात्मा यत्र वै मन: ॥ २१ ॥
mano mayi su-saṁyojya
[mano mayi su-samyojya]
dehaṁ tad-anuvāyunā
[deham tad-anuvaayunaa]
mad-dhāraṇānubhāvena
[mad-dhaaranaanubhaavena]
tatrātmā yatra vai manaḥ
[tatraatmaa yatra vai manah]
Word-for-word
manaḥ — the mind mayi — in Me su-saṁyojya — completely absorbing deham — the material body tat — the mind anu-vāyunā — by the wind that follows mat-dhāraṇā — of meditation in Me anubhāvena — by the potency tatra — there ātmā — the material body (goes) yatra — wherever vai — certainly manaḥ — the mind (goes).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
mano mayi su-saṁyojya
manaḥ
the mind
mayi
in Me
su-saṁyojya
completely absorbing
dehaṁ tad-anuvāyunā
deham
the material body
tat
the mind
anu-vāyunā
by the wind that follows
mad-dhāraṇānubhāvena
mat-dhāraṇā
of meditation in Me
anubhāvena
by the potency
tatrātmā yatra vai manaḥ
tatra
there
ātmā
the material body (goes)
yatra
wherever
vai
certainly
manaḥ
the mind (goes).
The yogī who completely absorbs his mind in Me, and who then makes use of the wind that follows the mind to absorb the material body in Me, obtains through the potency of meditation on Me the mystic perfection by which his body immediately follows his mind wherever it goes.
Purport

Tad-anuvāyunā indicates the particular subtle air that follows the mind. When the yogī merges this air together with the body and mind in Kṛṣṇa by the potency of meditation on the Lord, his gross material body, like the subtle air, can follow the mind anywhere. This perfection is called mano-javaḥ.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the yogī merges his mind in me and his body in the air which accompanies the mind, which is within me, by the power of that mediation on me, his body goes wherever his mind goes. By the power of that meditation which is performed by merging the mind in me, and merging the body with wind which accompanies the mind in me, the gross body goes wherever the mind goes. This is called mano-javaḥ.
Personal Guidance
Absorbing the mind in the Lord and using mind-following wind to absorb the body in Him gives instant body-follows-mind movement. Power follows depth of absorption.
Reflection Questions
  • Where would I want my body to go that my mind is already arriving at?
  • What does absorption have to do with mobility?
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