mad-bhaktyÄ Å›uddha-sattvasya
yogino dhÄraṇÄ-vidaḥ
tasya trai-kÄlikÄ« buddhir
janma-má¹›tyÅ«pabá¹›á¹hitÄ
mat-bhaktyÄ - by devotion to Me; Å›uddha-sattvasya - of one whose existence is purified; yoginaḥ - of a yogÄ«; dhÄraṇÄ-viduḥ - who knows the process of meditation; tasya - of him; trai-kÄlikÄ« - functioning in three phases of time, namely past, present and future; buddhiḥ - intelligence; janma-má¹›tyu - birth and death; upabá¹›á¹hitÄ - including.
A yogī who has purified his existence by devotion to Me and who thus expertly knows the process of meditation obtains knowledge of past, present and future. He can therefore see the birth and death of himself and others.
After having explained the eight primary and ten secondary mystic perfections of yoga, the Lord now explains the five inferior potencies.
