यं योगिनो योगसमाधिना रहो
ध्यायन्ति लिङ्गादसतो मुमुक्षया ।
तस्यैष दैत्यऋषभः पदाहतो
मुखं प्रपश्यंस्तनुमुत्ससर्ज ह ॥२८॥

yaá¹ yogino yoga-samÄdhinÄ raho
dhyÄyanti liá¹…gÄd asato mumuká¹£ayÄ
tasyaiá¹£a daitya-ṛṣabhaḥ padÄhato
mukhaá¹ prapaÅ›yaá¹s tanum utsasarja ha

 yam - whom; yoginaḥ - the yogÄ«s; yoga-samÄdhinÄ - in mystic trance; rahaḥ - in seclusion; dhyÄyanti - meditate upon; liá¹…gÄt - from the body; asataḥ - unreal; mumuká¹£ayÄ - seeking freedom; tasya - of Him; eá¹£aḥ - this; daitya - son of Diti; á¹›á¹£abhaḥ - the crest jewel; padÄ - by a foot; Ähataḥ - struck; mukham - countenance; prapaÅ›yan - while gazing on; tanum - the body; utsasarja - he cast off; ha - indeed.


Text

BrahmÄ continued: He was struck by a forefoot of the Lord, whom yogÄ«s, 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.

Purport

The process of yoga is very clearly described in this verse of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. It is said here that the ultimate end of the yogÄ«s 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 yogÄ«s. 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-gÄ«tÄ, 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 yogÄ«, 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 BrahmÄ 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.