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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.14

तमिमं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि यमवोचं पुरानघे । ऋषीणां श्रोतुकामानां योगं सर्वाङ्गनैपुणम् ॥ १४ ॥
tam imaṁ te pravakṣyāmi
[tam imam te pravakshyaami]
yam avocaṁ purānaghe
[yam avocham puraanaghe]
ṛṣīṇāṁ śrotu-kāmānāṁ
[risheenaam shrotu-kaamaanaam]
yogaṁ sarvāṅga-naipuṇam
[yogam sarvaanga-naipunam]
tam imam — that very te — to you pravakṣyāmi — I shall explain yam — which avocam — I explained purā — formerly anaghe — O pious mother ṛṣīṇām — to the sages śrotu-kāmānām — eager to hear yogam — yoga system sarva-aṅga — in all respects naipuṇam — serviceable and practical.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tam imaṁ te pravakṣyāmi
tam imam
that very
te
to you
pravakṣyāmi
I shall explain
yam avocaṁ purānaghe
yam
which
avocam
I explained
purā
formerly
anaghe
O pious mother
ṛṣīṇāṁ śrotu-kāmānāṁ
ṛṣīṇām
to the sages
śrotu-kāmānām
eager to hear
yogaṁ sarvāṅga-naipuṇam
yogam
yoga system
sarva-aṅga
in all respects
naipuṇam
serviceable and practical.
O most pious mother, I shall now explain unto you the ancient yoga system, which I explained formerly to the great sages. It is serviceable and practical in every way.

The Lord does not manufacture a new system of yoga. Sometimes it is claimed that someone has become an incarnation of God and is expounding a new theological aspect of the Absolute Truth. But here we find that although Kapila Muni is the Lord Himself and is capable of manufacturing a new doctrine for His mother, He nevertheless says, “I shall just explain the ancient system which I once explained to the great sages because they were also anxious to hear about it.” When we have a superexcellent process already present in Vedic scriptures, there is no need to concoct a new system, to mislead the innocent public. At present it has become a fashion to reject the standard system and present something bogus in the name of a newly invented process of yoga.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I will explain to you that yoga, whose many parts are easy to perform, which I previously explained to the sages eager to hear. He explained this to sages such as Nārada. The many aṅgas of this yoga are easy to perform.
Real knowledge in this verse is relational, not abstract — it grows by humility before a teacher and by service, not by argument.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose realization, if you actually heard it, would correct yours?
  • What would it take for an insight from this verse to make it past your intellect into your routine?
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