Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 14
Yoga-siddhi — The Mystic Perfections and Their Origin in Meditation on the Lord
महत्यात्मनि य: सूत्रे धारयेन्मयि मानसम् । प्राकाम्यं पारमेष्ठ्यं मे विन्दतेऽव्यक्तजन्मन: ॥ १४ ॥
mahaty ātmani yaḥ sūtre dhārayen mayi mānasam prākāmyaṁ pārameṣṭhyaṁ me vindate ’vyakta-janmanaḥ
কৰ্মফল-পরম্পৰা প্ৰকাশ কৰা মহত্তত্ত্বৰ ‘সূত্ৰ’ অৱস্থাত মোৰ মাজত যি নিজৰ সকলো মানসিক ক্ৰিয়া একাগ্ৰ কৰে, সি ইন্দ্ৰিয়াতীত প্ৰাকট্য থকা মোৰ পৰা ‘প্ৰাকাম্য’ নামৰ পৰম উৎকৃষ্ট (পাৰমৈষ্ঠ্য) সিদ্ধি লাভ কৰে।
Śrīla Vīrarāghava Ācārya explains that the word sūtra, or “thread,” is used to indicate that the mahat-tattva sustains one’s fruitive activities just as a thread sustains a row of jewels. Thus by fixed meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the soul of the mahat-tattva, one can achieve the most excellent perfection called prākāmya. Avyakta-janmanaḥ indicates that the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears from the avyakta, or the spiritual sky, or that His birth is avyakta, beyond the perception of material senses. Unless one accepts the transcendental form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no possibility of obtaining prākāmya or any other genuine mystic perfection.
FAQs
This verse says that by fixing the mind on Kṛṣṇa as the all-pervading Self and subtle sustaining ‘thread’ of existence, one can attain siddhis like prākāmya and pārameṣṭhya—perfections that arise from deep absorption in Him.
In the Uddhava-gītā section, Kṛṣṇa instructs Uddhava on yoga and devotion, including how extraordinary perfections may appear through meditation—while keeping the focus on Kṛṣṇa as the ultimate object of realization.
Practice steady mind-fixation on the Divine (through japa, prayer, and remembrance), seeing God as the inner Self and the support of all; let increased clarity, self-mastery, and inner freedom be the real ‘perfection’ rather than external powers.