SB 11.28.40 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.40

కాంశ్చిన్మమానుధ్యానేన నామసఙ్కీర్తనాదిభి: । యోగేశ్వరానువృత్త్యా వా హన్యాదశుభదాన్ శనై: ॥ ౪౦ ॥

kāṁścin mamānudhyānena

[kaamshchin mamaanudhyaanena]

nāma-saṅkīrtanādibhiḥ

[naama-sankeertanaadibhih]

yogeśvarānuvṛttyā vā

[yogeshvaraanuvrittyaa vaa]

hanyād aśubha-dān śanaiḥ

[hanyaad ashubha-daan shanaih]

Word-for-word

kāṁścit — some mama — of Me anudhyānena — by constant thought nāma — of the holy names saṅkīṛtana — by the loud chanting ādibhiḥ — and so on yoga-īśvara — of the great masters of yoga anuvṛttyā — by following in the footsteps vā — or hanyāt — may be destroyed aśubha-dān — (the obstructions) that create inauspicious situations śanaiḥ — gradually.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

kāṁścin mamānudhyānena

kāṁścit

some

mama

of Me

anudhyānena

by constant thought

nāma-saṅkīrtanādibhiḥ

nāma

of the holy names

saṅkīṛtana

by the loud chanting

ādibhiḥ

and so on

yogeśvarānuvṛttyā vā

yoga-īśvara

of the great masters of yoga

anuvṛttyā

by following in the footsteps

vā

hanyād aśubha-dān śanaiḥ

hanyāt

may be destroyed

aśubha-dān

(the obstructions) that create inauspicious situations

śanaiḥ

gradually.

These inauspicious disturbances can be gradually removed by constant remembrance of Me, by congregational hearing and chanting of My holy names, or by following in the footsteps of the great masters of yoga.

Purport

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, by meditation on the Supreme Lord one can overcome lust and other mental disturbances, and by following in the footsteps of great transcendentalists one can overcome hypocrisy, false pride and other types of mental imbalance.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Some of these inauspicious disturbances can be gradually removed by constant remembrance of me, by congregational hearing and chanting of my holy names, or by following in the footsteps of the great masters of yoga. One can remove lust by meditation on me. One can remove pride and hypocrisy by following the great masters of yoga.

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