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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.13.14

ఏతావాన్ యోగ ఆదిష్టో మచ్ఛిష్యై: సనకాదిభి: । సర్వతో మన ఆకృష్య మయ్యద్ధావేశ్యతే యథా ॥ ౧౪ ॥
etāvān yoga ādiṣṭo
[etaavaan yoga aadishto]
mac-chiṣyaiḥ sanakādibhiḥ
[mach-chishyaih sanakaadibhih]
sarvato mana ākṛṣya
[sarvato mana aakrishya]
mayy addhāveśyate yathā
[mayy addhaaveshyate yathaa]
etāvān — actually this yogaḥ — yoga system ādiṣṭaḥ — instructed mat-śiṣyaiḥ — by My devotees sanaka-ādibhiḥ — headed by Sanaka-kumāra sarvataḥ — from all sides manaḥ — the mind ākṛṣya — withdrawing mayi — in Me addhā — directly āveśyate — is absorbed yathā — accordingly.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
etāvān yoga ādiṣṭo
etāvān
actually this
yogaḥ
yoga system
ādiṣṭaḥ
instructed
mac-chiṣyaiḥ sanakādibhiḥ
mat-śiṣyaiḥ
by My devotees
sanaka-ādibhiḥ
headed by Sanaka-kumāra
sarvato mana ākṛṣya
sarvataḥ
from all sides
manaḥ
the mind
ākṛṣya
withdrawing
mayy addhāveśyate yathā
mayi
in Me
addhā
directly
āveśyate
is absorbed
yathā
accordingly.
The actual yoga system as taught by My devotees, headed by Sanaka-kumāra, is simply this: Having withdrawn the mind from all other objects, one should directly and appropriately absorb it in Me.

The word yathā (“accordingly” or “properly”) indicates that like Uddhava one should hear directly from Lord Kṛṣṇa or His bona fide representative and directly ( addhā ) fix the mind in Lord Kṛṣṇa.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
This yoga system was taught by my devotees, headed by Sanaka-kumāra. Having withdrawn the mind from all other objects, one should directly and appropriately absorb it in me.
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