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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.77

సర్వతో మన ఆకృష్య హృది భూతేన్ద్రియాశయమ్ । ధ్యాయన్భగవతో రూపం నాద్రాక్షీత్కిఞ్చనాపరమ్ ॥ ౭౭ ॥
sarvato mana ākṛṣya
[sarvato mana aakrishya]
hṛdi bhūtendriyāśayam
[hridi bhootendriyaashayam]
dhyāyan bhagavato rūpaṁ
[dhyaayan bhagavato roopam]
nādrākṣīt kiṣcanāparam
[naadraaksheet kishchanaaparam]
sarvataḥ — in all respects manaḥ — mind ākṛṣya — concentrating hṛdi — in the heart bhūta-indriya-āśayam — resting place of the senses and the objects of the senses dhyāyan — meditating bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead rūpam — form na adrākṣīt — did not see kiṣcana — anything aparam — else.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sarvato mana ākṛṣya
sarvataḥ
in all respects
manaḥ
mind
ākṛṣya
concentrating
hṛdi bhūtendriyāśayam
hṛdi
in the heart
bhūta-indriya-āśayam
resting place of the senses and the objects of the senses
dhyāyan bhagavato rūpaṁ
dhyāyan
meditating
bhagavataḥ
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
rūpam
form
nādrākṣīt kiṣcanāparam
na adrākṣīt
did not see
kiṣcana
anything
aparam
else.
He completely controlled his senses and their objects, and in this way he fixed his mind, without diversion to anything else, upon the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The yogic principles of meditation are clearly explained here. One has to fix one’s mind upon the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead without diversion to any other objective. It is not that one can meditate or concentrate on an impersonal objective. To try to do so is simply a waste of time, for it is unnecessarily troublesome, as explained in Bhagavad-gītā.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Controlling the mind completely, meditating on the form of the Lord which is not perceivable by material senses, he did not see anything else. Bhūtendriyāśayam, referring to the form of the Lord, can mean “that which does not reside (aśayam) with the senses of the living beings.” Or it can mean “that to which the living beings’ senses are completely sleeping (āśayam), that which is beyond their senses.”
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