In the fifth canto, the principles of Yoga Shastra are clearly described. Therefore, it is called Yoga Shastra. The first teacher of Yoga Shastra was Hiranyagarbha. He... Lord Brahmaji. Hiranyagarbha means Brahmaji. He said that establishing the mind's focus on the form of Lord Shri Narayan is yoga, and thus he... 'Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah'. That is the first sutra of the Yoga Sutra. Restraining the mental modifications is called yoga. But in the Yoga Sutra, the description of Yoga Shastra that has been presented does not give prominence to God. Simply restraining and controlling the mind is called yoga. The Yoga Shastra in the Bhagavat, this fifth canto, is about restraining the mind in God. That is called Sesvara Yoga. The other is called Nirisvara Yoga. Sesvara Sankhya and Sesvara Yoga. And Nirisvara Sankhya and Nirisvara Yoga. So, the yoga and... ...yoga described in the Bhagavat is about restraining the mind in God. And the other is restraining the mind without taking God's support, which is why it is called Yoga Shastra. The principles of both are the same. 'Yogas tu chitta vritti nirodhah'. Restraining the mental modifications is called yoga. Whether one does it in God or in some other object, it is called yoga. What are the modifications of the mind? There are five. In the Satsangi Satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → The modifications of yoga... there are five modifications of the mind. They are to be restrained. No one will remember that. Kshipta, vikshipta... Kshipta, vikshipta, niruddha, mudha. One, eh? Kshipta, mudha, vikshipta... Mudha, yes. Mudha comes first. Mudha, kshipta, vikshipta, ekagra, and niruddha. These are the five modifications. The concentrated state, the restrained state, the distracted state, the restless state, and the dull state. These five are states of the mind, states of the consciousness. Restraining them in God, concentrating them, is called yoga. That is the principle of yoga. In the fifth canto, this is done by giving examples. In the story of Bharatji, his mind was completely restrained in God. He did not pay attention to worldly affairs at all. It is said that he could not pay attention. It's not that he didn't want to. But he could not pay attention. His mind was so drawn to God that he could not pay attention. He... ...is called a yogi yogi 1) A person who has mastered the art of yog. 2) A person who has attained siddh-dashã and other extraordinary powers. Tap to open in glossary → yogi yogi 1) A person who has mastered the art of yog. 2) A person who has attained siddh-dashã and other extraordinary powers. Tap to open in glossary → Such glory, and Agnidhra and others are kuyogis. Descriptions of what state one falls into if one deviates from yoga. So the whole... ...Lord Rishabhadev, his sons the Navayogeshwaras, his son Bharat, and Jadabharat, are all examples of yoga. What is the principle of yoga? That if one violates God's boundaries, no matter how great one is, one will stumble. And if one remains within God's boundaries, no matter how insignificant one is, one attains God's abode. This is of yoga, and it is strictly in the fifth canto... ...propounded. It is not just described, but propounded. So that is our yoga, Yoga Shastra; the fifth canto is Yoga Shastra. True bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → What to do first, what to do next, what to do after that; in that way, bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → What is called bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → And the principle of the Yoga Sutra is that no matter how great one is and no matter how stable one is, if one breaks the boundary, the limit set by God, one will stumble. No one can come to save him. Absolutely no one can intervene. That is the principle of the Yoga Sutra. Bharatji did not know day from night in his devotion to God. Whether the sun had risen or set, if he sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → But when he deviated slightly from the rule, even though Lord Rishabhadev was his father and he himself had renounced the kingdom of the earth, he still stumbled through three births. So God's boundary is that strong. 'Adri angri...' that 'Agna ang adri ullanghta', as Nishkulanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Disciple of Sahajanand Swami (Swaminarayan Bhagwan) and author of the Bhaktachintamani, as stated in the scripture's own closing colophon at the end of every chapter. Tap to open in glossary → In the fifth canto, the principles of Yoga Shastra are clearly described. Therefore, it is called Yoga Shastra. The first teacher of Yoga Shastra was Hiranyagarbha. He described his principle by saying that establishing the mind's focus on the form of Lord Shri Narayan is yoga. We have clearly stated that principle of Yoga Shastra in the fifth canto. For example, O Yogeshwar, Hiranyagarbha Lord Brahmaji has shown the most special skill of yoga practice to be that at the end of life, a person should abandon body-consciousness and devotedly connect his mind to Your form, which is free from material qualities and endowed with divine qualities. That is why in the Gita also, God gave such a definition of yoga. 'Yogah karmasu kaushalam'. What is called yoga? To acquire the skill of not letting the mind wander outside of God. And to acquire it while performing actions. Not by just sitting. 'Yogah karmasu kaushalam'. 'Karmasu yogah tadeva kaushalam'. Keeping the mind connected to God within actions is indeed called skill. 'Tadeva kaushalam'. Skill in yoga. So God has called it yoga. And these are all the principles of yoga. The word 'antakala' (end of life) used in this verse suggests that one should practice yoga before that. If one has not practiced yoga, it becomes impossible to connect the mind, which remains attached to worldly objects, to God at the end of life. It is said in the Vishnu Vishnu The dev of sustenance. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Vaikunth with his wife Lakshmi. Tap to open in glossary → ...cannot even think of it. It is said in the Gita, 'Bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam tayapahrta-cetasam, vyavasayatmika buddhih samadhau na vidhiyate'. One who has extreme attachment cannot even make an effort to connect with God. Because attachment has made his mind miserable. So they cannot even make the decision to go on the path of God. God has said how dangerous it is, that if this excess of attachment occurs in any object, then he cannot even make the decision to go on the path of God. Bharatji had an excess of attachment to a deer. That is called excess. Even though he had so much love for God, still, 'Where is my deer?' So, 'samadhau na vidhiyate'. 'Vyavasayatmika buddhih samadhau na vidhiyate'. Once one's extreme insistence is stuck in anything, one cannot connect with God. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details