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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.44

योगचर्यामिमां योगी विचरन् मदपाश्रय: । नान्तरायैर्विहन्येत नि:स्पृह: स्वसुखानुभू: ॥ ४४ ॥
yoga-caryām imāṁ yogī
[yoga-charyaam imaam yogee]
vicaran mad-apāśrayaḥ
[vicharan mad-apaashrayah]
nāntarāyair vihanyeta
[naantaraayair vihanyeta]
niḥspṛhaḥ sva-sukhānubhūḥ
[nihsprihah sva-sukhaanubhooh]
yoga-caryām — the prescribed process of yoga imām — this yogī — the practitioner vicaran — executing mat-apāśrayaḥ — having taken shelter of Me na — not antarāyaiḥ — by obstacles vihanyeta — is checked niḥspṛhaḥ — free from hankering sva — of the soul sukha — the happiness anubhūḥ — experiencing within.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yoga-caryām imāṁ yogī
yoga-caryām
the prescribed process of yoga
imām
this
yogī
the practitioner
vicaran mad-apāśrayaḥ
vicaran
executing
mat-apāśrayaḥ
having taken shelter of Me
nāntarāyair vihanyeta
na
not
antarāyaiḥ
by obstacles
vihanyeta
is checked
niḥspṛhaḥ sva-sukhānubhūḥ
niḥspṛhaḥ
free from hankering
sva
of the soul
sukha
the happiness
anubhūḥ
experiencing within.
The yogī who has taken shelter of Me remains free from hankering because he experiences the happiness of the soul within. Thus while executing this process of yoga, he is never defeated by obstacles.

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the Supreme Lord has briefly described to Uddhava the essential wisdom of all the Upaniṣads, with the conclusion that pure devotional service to the Lord is the real means of ultimate liberation. In this regard Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura emphasizes that although haṭha-yogīs and rāja-yogīs try to make progress along their prescribed paths, they confront obstacles and often fail to achieve their desired goals. However, one who surrenders to the Supreme Lord will certainly be victorious on his spiritual path back home, back to Godhead.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Eleventh Canto, Twenty-eighth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Jñāna-yoga.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The yogī who has taken shelter of me, free from hankering because he experiences the happiness of the soul within, is never defeated by obstacles while executing this process of yoga. Thus ends the commentary on the Twenty-eighth Chapter of the Eleventh Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Twenty-nine Final Instructions to Uddhava
The yogī who has taken shelter of Me is free from hankering because he experiences soul-happiness within; obstacles cannot defeat him during yoga. Shelter changes the texture of practice.
Reflection Questions
  • Where could shelter in the Lord change how I face an obstacle today?
  • What does the taste of soul-happiness do to hankering?
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