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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.14

తమిమం తే ప్రవక్ష్యామి యమవోచం పురానఘే । ఋషీణాం శ్రోతుకామానాం యోగం సర్వాఙ్గనైపుణమ్ ॥ ౧౪ ॥
tam imaṁ te pravakṣyāmi
[tam imam te pravakshyaami]
yam avocaṁ purānaghe
[yam avocham puraanaghe]
ṛṣīṇāṁ śrotu-kāmānāṁ
[risheenaam shrotu-kaamaanaam]
yogaṁ sarvāṅga-naipuṇam
[yogam sarvaanga-naipunam]
tam imam — that very te — to you pravakṣyāmi — I shall explain yam — which avocam — I explained purā — formerly anaghe — O pious mother ṛṣīṇām — to the sages śrotu-kāmānām — eager to hear yogam — yoga system sarva-aṅga — in all respects naipuṇam — serviceable and practical.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tam imaṁ te pravakṣyāmi
tam imam
that very
te
to you
pravakṣyāmi
I shall explain
yam avocaṁ purānaghe
yam
which
avocam
I explained
purā
formerly
anaghe
O pious mother
ṛṣīṇāṁ śrotu-kāmānāṁ
ṛṣīṇām
to the sages
śrotu-kāmānām
eager to hear
yogaṁ sarvāṅga-naipuṇam
yogam
yoga system
sarva-aṅga
in all respects
naipuṇam
serviceable and practical.
O most pious mother, I shall now explain unto you the ancient yoga system, which I explained formerly to the great sages. It is serviceable and practical in every way.

The Lord does not manufacture a new system of yoga. Sometimes it is claimed that someone has become an incarnation of God and is expounding a new theological aspect of the Absolute Truth. But here we find that although Kapila Muni is the Lord Himself and is capable of manufacturing a new doctrine for His mother, He nevertheless says, “I shall just explain the ancient system which I once explained to the great sages because they were also anxious to hear about it.” When we have a superexcellent process already present in Vedic scriptures, there is no need to concoct a new system, to mislead the innocent public. At present it has become a fashion to reject the standard system and present something bogus in the name of a newly invented process of yoga.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I will explain to you that yoga, whose many parts are easy to perform, which I previously explained to the sages eager to hear. He explained this to sages such as Nārada. The many aṅgas of this yoga are easy to perform.
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