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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.19.28

యం యోగినో యోగసమాధినా రహో ధ్యాయన్తి లిఙ్గాదసతో ముముక్షయా । తస్యైష దైత్యఋషభ: పదాహతో ముఖం ప్రపశ్యంస్తనుముత్ససర్జ హ ॥ ౨౮ ॥
yaṁ yogino yoga-samādhinā raho
[yam yogino yoga-samaadhinaa raho]
dhyāyanti liṅgād asato mumukṣayā
[dhyaayanti lingaad asato mumukshayaa]
tasyaiṣa daitya-ṛṣabhaḥ padāhato
[tasyaisha daitya-rishabhah padaahato]
mukhaṁ prapaśyaṁs tanum utsasarja ha
[mukham prapashyams tanum utsasarja ha]
yam — whom yoginaḥ — the yogīs yoga-samādhinā — in mystic trance rahaḥ — in seclusion dhyāyanti — meditate upon liṅgāt — from the body asataḥ — unreal mumukṣayā — seeking freedom tasya — of Him eṣaḥ — this daitya — son of Diti ṛṣabhaḥ — the crest jewel padā — by a foot āhataḥ — struck mukham — countenance prapaśyan — while gazing on tanum — the body utsasarja — he cast off ha — indeed.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yaṁ yogino yoga-samādhinā raho
yam
whom
yoginaḥ
the yogīs
yoga-samādhinā
in mystic trance
rahaḥ
in seclusion
dhyāyanti liṅgād asato mumukṣayā
dhyāyanti
meditate upon
liṅgāt
from the body
asataḥ
unreal
mumukṣayā
seeking freedom
tasyaiṣa daitya-ṛṣabhaḥ padāhato
tasya
of Him
eṣaḥ
this
daitya
son of Diti
ṛṣabhaḥ
the crest jewel
padā
by a foot
āhataḥ
struck
mukhaṁ prapaśyaṁs tanum utsasarja ha
mukham
countenance
prapaśyan
while gazing on
tanum
the body
utsasarja
he cast off
ha
indeed.
Brahmā continued: He was struck by a forefoot of the Lord, whom yogīs, seeking freedom from their unreal material bodies, meditate upon in seclusion in mystic trance. While gazing on His countenance, this crest jewel of Diti’s sons has cast off his mortal coil.

The process of yoga is very clearly described in this verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. It is said here that the ultimate end of the yogīs and mystics who perform meditation is to get rid of this material body. Therefore they meditate in secluded places to attain yogic trance. Yoga has to be performed in a secluded place, not in public or in a demonstration on stage, as nowadays practiced by many so-called yogīs. Real yoga aims at ridding one of the material body. Yoga practice is not intended to keep the body fit and young. Such advertisements of so-called yoga are not approved by any standard method. Particularly mentioned in this verse is the word yam, or “unto whom,” indicating that meditation should be targeted on the Personality of Godhead. Even if one concentrates his mind on the boar form of the Lord, that is also yoga. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā, one who concentrates his mind constantly in meditation upon the Personality of Godhead in one of His many varieties of forms is the first-class yogī, and he can very easily attain trance simply by meditating upon the form of the Lord. If one is able to continue such meditation on the Lord’s form at the time of one’s death, one is liberated from this mortal body and is transferred to the kingdom of God. This opportunity was given to the demon by the Lord, and therefore Brahmā and other demigods were astonished. In other words, the perfection of yoga practice can be attained by a demon also if he is simply kicked by the Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Struck by the foot of the Lord upon whom yogīs meditate in samādhi in solitary places with a desire to become free from the subtle body, a product of matter, the best of demons gave up his body while seeing the lotus face of the Lord. In this verse it mentions that the Lord’s foot struck the demon. In verse 25 it mentions that the hand of the Lord struck the demon. Since the two front feet of the boar are also his hands there is no contradiction.
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