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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.34

నిష్ణాతం యోగమాయాసు మునిం స్వాయమ్భువం మనుమ్ । యదాభ్రంశయితుం భోగా న శేకుర్భగవత్పరమ్ ॥ ౩౪ ॥
niṣṇātaṁ yoga-māyāsu
[nishnaatam yoga-maayaasu]
muniṁ svāyambhuvaṁ manum
[munim svaayambhuvam manum]
yad ābhraṁśayituṁ bhogā
[yad aabhramshayitum bhogaa]
na śekur bhagavat-param
[na shekur bhagavat-param]
niṣṇātam — absorbed yoga-māyāsu — in temporary enjoyment munim — who was equal to a saint svāyambhuvam — Svāyambhuva manum — Manu yat — from which ābhraṁśayitum — to cause to deviate bhogāḥ — material enjoyments na — not śekuḥ — were able bhagavat-param — who was a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
niṣṇātaṁ yoga-māyāsu
niṣṇātam
absorbed
yoga-māyāsu
in temporary enjoyment
muniṁ svāyambhuvaṁ manum
munim
who was equal to a saint
svāyambhuvam
Svāyambhuva
manum
Manu
yad ābhraṁśayituṁ bhogā
yat
from which
ābhraṁśayitum
to cause to deviate
bhogāḥ
material enjoyments
na śekur bhagavat-param
na
not
śekuḥ
were able
bhagavat-param
who was a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Thus Svāyambhuva Manu was a saintly king. Although absorbed in material happiness, he was not dragged to the lowest grade of life, for he always enjoyed his material happiness in a Kṛṣṇa conscious atmosphere.

The kingly happiness of material enjoyment generally drags one to the lowest grade of life, namely degradation to animal life, because of unrestricted sense enjoyment. But Svāyambhuva Manu was considered as good as a saintly sage because the atmosphere created in his kingdom and home was completely Kṛṣṇa conscious. The case is similar with the conditioned souls in general; they have come into this material life for sense gratification, but if they are able to create a Kṛṣṇa conscious atmosphere, as depicted here or as prescribed in revealed scriptures, by temple worship and household Deity worship, then in spite of their material enjoyment they can make advancement in pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness without a doubt. At the present moment, modern civilization is too much attached to the material way of life, or sense gratification. Therefore, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement can give the people in general the best opportunity to utilize their human life in the midst of material enjoyment. Kṛṣṇa consciousness does not stop them in their propensity for material enjoyment, but simply regulates their habits in the life of sense enjoyment. In spite of their enjoying the material advantages, they can be liberated in this very life by practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness by the simple method of chanting the holy names of the Lord — Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Material enjoyment could not cause deviation in saintly Svāyambhuva Manu, who was surrendered to the Lord, because he was experienced in all types of material enjoyment by yoga practice. By practice of aṣṭāṅga-yoga he was master of all types of knowledge of māyā (yogamāyāsu niṣnātam). Since he had experience of enjoying material objects, even the enjoyment of those objects could not produce attachment for them in him.
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