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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.20.24

యమాదిభిర్యోగపథైరాన్వీక్షిక్యా చ విద్యయా । మమార్చోపాసనాభిర్వా నాన్యైర్యోగ్యం స్మరేన్మన: ॥ ౨౪ ॥
yamādibhir yoga-pathair
[yamaadibhir yoga-pathair]
ānvīkṣikyā ca vidyayā
[aanveekshikyaa cha vidyayaa]
mamārcopāsanābhir vā
[mamaarchopaasanaabhir vaa]
nānyair yogyaṁ smaren manaḥ
[naanyair yogyam smaren manah]
yama-ādibhiḥ — by disciplinary regulations, etc. yoga-pathaiḥ — by the procedures of the yoga system ānvīkṣikyā — by logical analysis ca — also vidyayā — by spiritual knowledge mama — My arcā — worship upāsanābhiḥ — by adoration, etc. vā — or na — never anyaiḥ — by other (means) yogyam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the object of meditation smaret — one should focus on manaḥ — the mind.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yamādibhir yoga-pathair
yama-ādibhiḥ
by disciplinary regulations, etc.
yoga-pathaiḥ
by the procedures of the yoga system
ānvīkṣikyā ca vidyayā
ānvīkṣikyā
by logical analysis
ca
also
vidyayā
by spiritual knowledge
mamārcopāsanābhir vā
mama
My
arcā
worship
upāsanābhiḥ
by adoration, etc.
vā
or
nānyair yogyaṁ smaren manaḥ
na
never
anyaiḥ
by other (means)
yogyam
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the object of meditation
smaret
one should focus on
manaḥ
the mind.
Through the various disciplinary regulations and the purificatory procedures of the yoga system, through logic and spiritual education or through worship and adoration of Me, one should constantly engage his mind in remembering the Personality of Godhead, the goal of yoga. No other means should be employed for this purpose.

The word vā is significant in this verse, for it indicates that one engaged in the worship and adoration of the Personality of Godhead need not trouble himself with the disciplinary, regulatory and purificatory procedures of yoga, nor with the grueling intricacies of Vedic studies and logic. Yogyam, or the most appropriate object of meditation, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed throughout Vedic literature. One who directly takes to the worship of the Lord should not employ other methods, for full dependence on the Lord is in itself the supreme process of perfection.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
One should remember Paramātmā by following yamas and niyamas in aśṭāṅga-yoga, by analysis of elements, by knowledge, by worship of my form, and not by any other methods. The mind should concentrate on Paramātmā (yogyam) by analysis of elements (ānvīkṣikyā). The word vā indicates one could follow any of these methods, by one’s choice, according to Śrīdhara Svāmī. The word vā means ca according to some. By these methods and no others one should remember Paramātmā.
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