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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.15.32

జితేన్ద్రియస్య దాన్తస్య జితశ్వాసాత్మనో మునే: । మద్ధారణాం ధారయత: కా సా సిద్ధి: సుదుర్లభా ॥ ౩౨ ॥
jitendriyasya dāntasya
[jitendriyasya daantasya]
jita-śvāsātmano muneḥ
[jita-shvaasaatmano muneh]
mad-dhāraṇāṁ dhārayataḥ
[mad-dhaaranaam dhaarayatah]
kā sā siddhiḥ su-durlabhā
[kaa saa siddhih su-durlabhaa]
jita-indriyasya — of one who has conquered his senses dāntasya — who is disciplined and self-controlled jita-śvāsa — who has conquered his breathing ātmanaḥ — and conquered the mind muneḥ — of such a sage mat — in Me dhāraṇām — meditation dhārayataḥ — who is conducting kā — what is sā — that siddhiḥ — perfection su-durlabhā — which is very difficult to achieve.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
jitendriyasya dāntasya
jita-indriyasya
of one who has conquered his senses
dāntasya
who is disciplined and self-controlled
jita-śvāsātmano muneḥ
jita-śvāsa
who has conquered his breathing
ātmanaḥ
and conquered the mind
muneḥ
of such a sage
mad-dhāraṇāṁ dhārayataḥ
mat
in Me
dhāraṇām
meditation
dhārayataḥ
who is conducting
kā sā siddhiḥ su-durlabhā
kā
what is
sā
that
siddhiḥ
perfection
su-durlabhā
which is very difficult to achieve.
For a sage who has conquered his senses, breathing and mind, who is self-controlled and always absorbed in meditation on Me, what mystic perfection could possibly be difficult to achieve?

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī comments as follows. “Lord Kṛṣṇa here expresses that there is no need to practice many different processes, for by completely carrying out even one of the above-mentioned procedures one controls one’s senses, becomes absorbed in Him and thus achieves all mystic perfections.”

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī notes that one must meditate on the transcendental form of the Lord, which is free from any material designation. This is the essence of advancing in the yoga system; thus one acquires all mystic perfections very easily from the personal body of the Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
For a sage who has conquered his senses, his mind, his breathing and his nature, and who is always absorbed in meditation on me, what mystic perfection could possibly be difficult to achieve? Dāntasya means “of a person who has controlled the mind.” Jita-śvāsātmanaḥ means “of the person who has controlled the breath and his customary nature.”
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